Dayton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 7,796 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dayton is the 87th largest community in Tennessee.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Dayton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Dayton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.56% of adults in Dayton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dayton in 2022 was $34,533, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,132 for a family of four. However, Dayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dayton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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 12.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dayton include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Dayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.