Dayton vs Powder Horn

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (957 vs 818 in Powder Horn). Powder Horn has the higher median household income ($138,693 vs $78,750 in Dayton). Powder Horn has the higher median home value ($818,800 vs $282,700 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Powder Horn
Population	957	818
Median age	40.7 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$138,693
Median home value	$282,700	$818,800
Median gross rent	$791	—
Housing units	359	410
Homeownership rate	87.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Powder Horn
Population	771 → 957 (+24.1%)	953 → 818 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$82,625 → $78,750 (-4.7%)	$115,423 → $138,693 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $282,700 (+11.6%)	$486,000 → $818,800 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $791 (+7.2%)	—

Dayton

Population

771957

Median household income

$82,625$78,750

Median home value

$253,400$282,700

Median gross rent

$738$791

Powder Horn

Population

953818

Median household income

$115,423$138,693

Median home value

$486,000$818,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Powder Horn
Under 5	1.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	26.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	40.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	11.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Powder Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	8.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Powder Horn
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Powder Horn
Drove alone	81.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Powder Horn
1-unit, detached	91.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Powder Horn
Poverty rate	1.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1978	2011