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Dayton city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Dayton city is a Census city of 5,743 people across 1.30 square miles of land, in Campbell County. Median household income is $65,992, 57.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.3 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Dayton
What Dayton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.3 sq mi
- Water area0.63 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,421
- County holding the largest share of its areaCampbell County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
How many people live in Dayton
- Population5,743
- Median age39.6
- Population under 181,176
- Share under 1820.5 percent
- Population 65 and over824 plus or minus 183
- Share 65 and over14.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households2,533
- Family households1,316
- Share of households that are families52.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
Income and work in Dayton
- Median household income$65,992
- Per capita income$41,896 plus or minus $8,880
- Civilian labor force3,045
- Employed2,892
- Unemployed153 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate5.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over4,054
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
Housing in Dayton
- Housing units2,809
- Occupied units2,533
- Vacant units276 plus or minus 103
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,447
- Renter occupied1,086
- Ownership rate57.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,137
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent
- Single family units1,933
- Share single family68.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more876 plus or minus 205
- Share in buildings of two or more31.2 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1943
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
How Dayton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,492
- Commuting under 15 minutes585 plus or minus 159
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more725 plus or minus 166
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone69.5 percent
- Carpooled10.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home12.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
SBA loans in Dayton (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,250,000
- Average approval$1,750,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported45
- Jobs per approval15.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dayton
SBA loans in Dayton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$193,000
- Average approval$193,000
- Median approval$193,000
- Largest approval$193,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Campbell County, not Dayton
Campbell County context, not Dayton figures
These are Campbell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dayton measurements.
- Establishments in Campbell County1,743
- Employment at those establishments, Campbell County25,891
- Covered employment, Campbell County31,709
- Average annual pay, Campbell County$57,401
- Average weekly wage, Campbell County$1,104
- Housing units permitted, Campbell County249
- Of those, single family, Campbell County141
- County product, 2024, Campbell County$5,048,421,000
- County product change over the prior year, Campbell County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Campbell County$63,052
Every figure in this section is published for Campbell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dayton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dayton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dayton, Kentucky?
5,743, in 2,533 households. Dayton city covers 1.30 square miles of land, which is 4,421 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dayton in?
Campbell County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dayton?
$65,992. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,500. Median gross rent is $1,137 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dayton businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $5.3 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $193,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dayton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dayton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dayton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Dayton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Campbell County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dayton.
Is zoning published for Dayton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.