Dayton Investment Properties For Sale

Dayton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 140,489 people and 69 constituent neighborhoods, Dayton is the sixth largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities, Dayton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dayton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dayton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dayton who work in office and administrative support (14.12%), sales jobs (9.13%), and food service (8.78%).

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.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Dayton really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Dayton is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Dayton more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Dayton’s character and quality of life.

Many people in Dayton take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Dayton citizens for affordable transportation.

In terms of college education, Dayton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.64% of adults 25 and older in Dayton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dayton in 2010 was $17,461, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,844 for a family of four. Dayton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Dayton is an extremely 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. Important ancestries of people in Dayton include Irish, English, Italian, and Turkish.

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

Information by Department of Numbers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau and Locatoin Incorporated are deemed reliable but not guaranteed.