Dayton vs Massanutten

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

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

Massanutten has the higher population (2,215 vs 2,023 in Dayton). Massanutten has the higher median household income ($106,944 vs $87,763 in Dayton). Massanutten has the higher median home value ($368,700 vs $338,000 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Massanutten
Population	2,023	2,215
Median age	34.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,763	$106,944
Median home value	$338,000	$368,700
Median gross rent	$958	$1,100
Housing units	811	2,433
Homeownership rate	69.2%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Massanutten
Population	1,501 → 2,023 (+34.8%)	2,602 → 2,215 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $87,763 (+36.8%)	$84,333 → $106,944 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $338,000 (+46.6%)	$260,700 → $368,700 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $958 (+24.6%)	$1,142 → $1,100 (-3.7%)

Dayton

Population

1,5012,023

Median household income

$64,167$87,763

Median home value

$230,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$769$958

Massanutten

Population

2,6022,215

Median household income

$84,333$106,944

Median home value

$260,700$368,700

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Massanutten
Under 5	8.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	20.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	23.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	17.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Massanutten
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Massanutten
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	22.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Massanutten
Drove alone	86.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Massanutten
1-unit, detached	83.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	36.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Massanutten
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1964	1996