Dayton vs Pleasant View

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

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

Pleasant View has the higher population (693 vs 572 in Dayton). Pleasant View has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $57,917 in Dayton). Pleasant View has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $107,000 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Pleasant View
Population	572	693
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$74,000
Median home value	$107,000	$115,200
Median gross rent	$610	$733
Housing units	220	312
Homeownership rate	85.6%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Pleasant View
Population	480 → 572 (+19.2%)	691 → 693 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,341 → $57,917 (+15.0%)	$57,566 → $74,000 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $107,000 (+37.0%)	$91,800 → $115,200 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $610 (+9.7%)	$807 → $733 (-9.2%)

Dayton

Population

480572

Median household income

$50,341$57,917

Median home value

$78,100$107,000

Median gross rent

$556$610

Pleasant View

Population

691693

Median household income

$57,566$74,000

Median home value

$91,800$115,200

Median gross rent

$807$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Pleasant View
Under 5	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.3%
75 and over	8.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Pleasant View
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Pleasant View
No high school diploma	12.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	51.5%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Pleasant View
Drove alone	86.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Pleasant View
1-unit, detached	82.7%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Pleasant View
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952