Dayton vs Grottoes

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

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

Grottoes has the higher population (2,926 vs 2,023 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($87,763 vs $84,508 in Grottoes). Dayton has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $267,500 in Grottoes).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Grottoes
Population	2,023	2,926
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,763	$84,508
Median home value	$338,000	$267,500
Median gross rent	$958	$847
Housing units	811	1,243
Homeownership rate	69.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Grottoes
Population	1,501 → 2,023 (+34.8%)	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $87,763 (+36.8%)	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $338,000 (+46.6%)	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $958 (+24.6%)	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)

Dayton

Population

1,5012,023

Median household income

$64,167$87,763

Median home value

$230,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$769$958

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Grottoes
Under 5	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	4.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Grottoes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Grottoes
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Grottoes
Drove alone	86.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Grottoes
1-unit, detached	83.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Grottoes
Poverty rate	4.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1964	1986