Dayton vs Spring City

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (7,191 vs 2,299 in Spring City). Dayton has the higher median household income ($56,692 vs $35,957 in Spring City). Dayton has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $151,600 in Spring City).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Spring City
Population	7,191	2,299
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,692	$35,957
Median home value	$152,200	$151,600
Median gross rent	$807	$645
Housing units	3,274	1,153
Homeownership rate	51.6%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Spring City
Population	7,344 → 7,191 (-2.1%)	2,199 → 2,299 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$36,393 → $56,692 (+55.8%)	$30,729 → $35,957 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $152,200 (+53.7%)	$93,600 → $151,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $807 (+19.0%)	$524 → $645 (+23.1%)

Dayton

Population

7,3447,191

Median household income

$36,393$56,692

Median home value

$99,000$152,200

Median gross rent

$678$807

Spring City

Population

2,1992,299

Median household income

$30,729$35,957

Median home value

$93,600$151,600

Median gross rent

$524$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Spring City
Under 5	8.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	15.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.5%
75 and over	5.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Spring City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Spring City
No high school diploma	18.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Spring City
Drove alone	76.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Spring City
1-unit, detached	61.1%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Spring City
Poverty rate	20.3%	19.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1985	1972