Daisetta vs Dayton

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (9,121 vs 1,133 in Daisetta). Dayton has the higher median household income ($61,307 vs $59,079 in Daisetta). Dayton has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $106,500 in Daisetta).

Population, income & housing

	Daisetta	Dayton
Population	1,133	9,121
Median age	36.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,079	$61,307
Median home value	$106,500	$211,900
Median gross rent	$955	$1,002
Housing units	476	3,443
Homeownership rate	74.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daisetta	Dayton
Population	938 → 1,133 (+20.8%)	7,952 → 9,121 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$44,563 → $59,079 (+32.6%)	$52,179 → $61,307 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $106,500 (+49.6%)	$168,400 → $211,900 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $955 (+50.2%)	$839 → $1,002 (+19.4%)

Daisetta

Population

9381,133

Median household income

$44,563$59,079

Median home value

$71,200$106,500

Median gross rent

$636$955

Dayton

Population

7,9529,121

Median household income

$52,179$61,307

Median home value

$168,400$211,900

Median gross rent

$839$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daisetta	Dayton
Under 5	2.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	1.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daisetta	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	53.0%
Black or African American	4.9%	18.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daisetta	Dayton
No high school diploma	14.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	52.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daisetta	Dayton
Drove alone	90.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daisetta	Dayton
1-unit, detached	81.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Daisetta	Dayton
Poverty rate	18.4%	18.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1971	2000