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Dayton city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Dayton city is a Census city of 7,625 people across 8.50 square miles of land, in Rhea County. Median household income is $49,719, 45.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.4 m.
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Dayton
What Dayton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.5 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land897
- County holding the largest share of its areaRhea 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
- Population7,625
- Median age40.3
- Population under 181,489 plus or minus 387
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over1,465 plus or minus 293
- Share 65 and over19.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households3,359
- Family households2,180
- Share of households that are families64.9 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$49,719 plus or minus $10,249
- Per capita income$34,533 plus or minus $11,424
- Civilian labor force3,347
- Employed3,302
- Unemployed45 plus or minus 58
- Unemployment rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over5,151
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
Housing in Dayton
- Housing units3,657
- Occupied units3,359
- Vacant units298 plus or minus 176
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied1,533
- Renter occupied1,826
- Ownership rate45.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$214,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$848
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units2,080
- Share single family56.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,396 plus or minus 415
- Share in buildings of two or more38.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes36 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1984
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 commute2,928
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,535 plus or minus 433
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.4 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more813 plus or minus 282
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.8 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone73.5 percent
- Carpooled14.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dayton
SBA 7(a) lending to Dayton borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$4,431,100
- Average approval$443,110
- Median approval$295,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,390,100
- Largest approval$1,390,100
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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 504 lending to Dayton borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,699,000
- Average approval$566,333
- Median approval$407,000
- Largest approval$963,000
- Jobs supported37
- Loans with a final outcome2
- 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.
Rhea County, not Dayton
Rhea County context, not Dayton figures
These are Rhea 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 Rhea County541
- Employment at those establishments, Rhea County9,145
- Covered employment, Rhea County11,990
- Average annual pay, Rhea County$57,168
- Average weekly wage, Rhea County$1,099
- Housing units permitted, Rhea County198
- Of those, single family, Rhea County158
- County product, 2024, Rhea County$2,982,119,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rhea County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rhea County$67,633
Every figure in this section is published for Rhea 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, Tennessee?
7,625, in 3,359 households. Dayton city covers 8.50 square miles of land, which is 897 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?
Rhea 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?
$49,719. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,900. Median gross rent is $848 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?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $4.4 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $295,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. 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 4 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 Rhea 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.
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