Dayton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,693 people and five associated neighborhoods, Dayton is the 270th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Dayton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Dayton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Dayton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Dayton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $59,848.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.90% 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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Dayton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Dayton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dayton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dayton may be for you.

One downside of living in Dayton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.72 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Dayton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The rate of college-level education in Dayton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.21% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dayton in 2022 was $32,719, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,876 for a family of four. However, Dayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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. Dayton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dayton include English, German, Irish, French, and European.

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