Dayton is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,756 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dayton is the 235th largest community in Virginia. Dayton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Dayton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dayton is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dayton who work in sales jobs (13.70%), business and financial occupations (13.35%), and teaching (9.66%). Of important note, Dayton is also a town of artists. Dayton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Dayton’s character. Also of interest is that Dayton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Dayton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small town, Dayton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Dayton are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.52% of adults in Dayton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Dayton in 2022 was $40,702, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,808 for a family of four. However, Dayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dayton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dayton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dayton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dayton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dayton include German, English, Irish, French, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in Dayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
