Dayton vs Elkton

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

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

Elkton has the higher population (2,973 vs 2,023 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($87,763 vs $61,385 in Elkton). Dayton has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $232,300 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Elkton
Population	2,023	2,973
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,763	$61,385
Median home value	$338,000	$232,300
Median gross rent	$958	$745
Housing units	811	1,297
Homeownership rate	69.2%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Elkton
Population	1,501 → 2,023 (+34.8%)	2,846 → 2,973 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $87,763 (+36.8%)	$54,605 → $61,385 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $338,000 (+46.6%)	$183,400 → $232,300 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $958 (+24.6%)	$811 → $745 (-8.1%)

Dayton

Population

1,5012,023

Median household income

$64,167$87,763

Median home value

$230,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$769$958

Elkton

Population

2,8462,973

Median household income

$54,605$61,385

Median home value

$183,400$232,300

Median gross rent

$811$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Elkton
Under 5	8.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	20.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.6%
75 and over	4.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Elkton
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	22.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Elkton
Drove alone	86.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Elkton
1-unit, detached	83.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Elkton
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1964	1978