Dayton vs Parker

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Parker: population, income, housing, and more.

Dayton and Parker are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parker has the higher population (642 vs 572 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $47,708 in Parker). Dayton has the higher median home value ($107,000 vs $97,900 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Parker
Population	572	642
Median age	43.6 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$47,708
Median home value	$107,000	$97,900
Median gross rent	$610	$596
Housing units	220	316
Homeownership rate	85.6%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Parker
Population	480 → 572 (+19.2%)	648 → 642 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$50,341 → $57,917 (+15.0%)	$42,500 → $47,708 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $107,000 (+37.0%)	$90,400 → $97,900 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $610 (+9.7%)	$591 → $596 (+0.8%)

Dayton

Population

480572

Median household income

$50,341$57,917

Median home value

$78,100$107,000

Median gross rent

$556$610

Parker

Population

648642

Median household income

$42,500$47,708

Median home value

$90,400$97,900

Median gross rent

$591$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Parker
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	8.2%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Parker
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	51.5%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Parker
Drove alone	86.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Parker
1-unit, detached	82.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Parker
Poverty rate	8.6%	26.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1938	1950