Dayton vs Plum Grove

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

Dayton and Plum Grove 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 2,425 in Plum Grove). Plum Grove has the higher median household income ($70,362 vs $61,307 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $121,800 in Plum Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Plum Grove
Population	9,121	2,425
Median age	32.0 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,307	$70,362
Median home value	$211,900	$121,800
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,216
Housing units	3,443	639
Homeownership rate	65.3%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Plum Grove
Population	7,952 → 9,121 (+14.7%)	541 → 2,425 (+348.2%)
Median household income	$52,179 → $61,307 (+17.5%)	$53,813 → $70,362 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$168,400 → $211,900 (+25.8%)	$142,000 → $121,800 (-14.2%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $1,002 (+19.4%)	$950 → $1,216 (+28.0%)

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

Plum Grove

Population

5412,425

Median household income

$53,813$70,362

Median home value

$142,000$121,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Plum Grove
Under 5	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	43.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	5.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.5%
75 and over	4.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Plum Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	13.8%
Black or African American	18.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	86.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Plum Grove
No high school diploma	17.2%	42.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Plum Grove
Drove alone	75.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Plum Grove
1-unit, detached	72.9%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Plum Grove
Poverty rate	18.8%	39.2%
Average household size	2.81	4.02
Mean commute (minutes)	34	49
Median year structure built	2000	2011