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Dayton, OH
136,346 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3921000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Dayton ranked #302 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Dayton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Syracuse NY, Springfield MA, Rochester NY, Knoxville TN, Provo UT, Jackson MS, Birmingham AL, Baton Rouge LA, Buffalo NY, Tuscaloosa AL, Hartford CT, Shreveport LA, South Bend IN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #302 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #298 | #330 | #276 | #299 | #297 | #331 | #312 | #286 | #290 | #325 | #306 | #311 | #305 | #313 | #334 | #306 | #266 | #304 | #302 | #305 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 153,140 | 150,472 | 147,898 | 145,425 | 142,921 | 142,348 | 142,000 | 141,916 | 142,035 | 141,117 | 140,819 | 140,849 | 140,372 | 140,439 | 140,407 | 137,553 | 136,909 | 136,100 | 135,936 | 136,346 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #113 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | -0.9 | -1.1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.8 | — | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #177 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 9 in its peer group with data | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | — | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #273 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 26.6% | 23.1% | 23.9% | 24.5% | 25.7% | 27.6% | 29.0% | 26.2% | 25.6% | 29.1% | 25.2% | 27.9% | 26.6% | 25.0% | 26.5% | — | 24.2% | 22.6% | 23.3% | 27.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #298 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 20.9 | 25.9 | 18.9 | 24.1 | 28.0 | 23.9 | 24.6 | 18.3 | 21.8 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 27.7 | 22.8 | 26.3 | 38.5 | 34.9 | 21.9 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 29.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #287 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 93.4 | 136.9 | 122.4 | 110.0 | 101.5 | 121.5 | 133.8 | 133.9 | 133.1 | 103.5 | 150.5 | 176.8 | 160.3 | 149.5 | 195.9 | 317.0 | 336.7 | 349.7 | 371.5 | 344.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 99,402 | 95,048 | 94,800 | 92,217 | 86,543 | 78,937 | 80,729 | 85,239 | 86,012 | 85,783 | 85,884 | 85,861 | 85,681 | 83,531 | 77,240 | 74,283 | 80,649 | 81,528 | 81,194 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #301 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.8 | -3.5 | +0.6 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -3.6 | -2.3 | +2.4 | +0.7 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.9 | -8.3 | +0.3 | +7.7 | -1.0 | -2.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53,102 | 55,168 | 54,706 | 53,564 | 54,424 | 59,358 | 56,860 | 61,149 | 56,509 | — | 53,370 | 60,767 | 58,340 | 62,690 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #298 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.8% | 14.5% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 10.5% | 12.0% | — | 10.0% | 8.9% | 7.0% | 7.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #187 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 14% | 10% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 21% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 11% | 17% | 12% | 15% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #68 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $2,010 | $2,371 | $2,408 | $2,391 | $2,516 | $2,102 | $1,407 | $1,264 | $1,136 | $1,313 | $1,248 | $864 | $487 | $1,758 | $1,616 | $1,517 | $1,348 | $1,156 | $1,359 | $1,249 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Dayton. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.