Dayton vs Timberville

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

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

Timberville has the higher population (2,998 vs 2,023 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($87,763 vs $56,837 in Timberville). Dayton has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $211,500 in Timberville).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Timberville
Population	2,023	2,998
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,763	$56,837
Median home value	$338,000	$211,500
Median gross rent	$958	$943
Housing units	811	1,207
Homeownership rate	69.2%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Timberville
Population	1,501 → 2,023 (+34.8%)	2,635 → 2,998 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $87,763 (+36.8%)	$50,179 → $56,837 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $338,000 (+46.6%)	$146,400 → $211,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $958 (+24.6%)	$834 → $943 (+13.1%)

Dayton

Population

1,5012,023

Median household income

$64,167$87,763

Median home value

$230,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$769$958

Timberville

Population

2,6352,998

Median household income

$50,179$56,837

Median home value

$146,400$211,500

Median gross rent

$834$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Timberville
Under 5	8.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	20.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.2%
75 and over	4.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Timberville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	82.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Timberville
No high school diploma	10.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Timberville
Drove alone	86.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Timberville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Timberville
Poverty rate	4.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1964	1980