Dayton
Dayton is a city in western Ohio. It’s home to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, with a vast collection of aircraft from early 1900s planes to a space shuttle exhibit. Carillon Historical Park contains a Wright Brothers plane, 19th-century buildings and antique trains. The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has kids’ science exhibits and a small zoo. International fine art is on view at the Dayton Art Institute.
History
Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796, by 12 settlers known as the Thompson Party. They traveled in March from Cincinnati up the Great Miami River by pirogue and landed at what is now St. Clair Street, where they found two small camps of Native Americans. Among the Thompson Party was Benjamin Van Cleve, whose memoirs provide insights into the Ohio Valley’s history. Two other groups traveling overland arrived several days later.
In 1797, Daniel C. Cooper laid out Mad River Road, the first overland connection between Cincinnati and Dayton, opening the “Mad River Country” to settlement. Ohio was admitted into the Union in 1803, and the village of Dayton was incorporated in 1805 and chartered as a city in 1841. The city was named after Jonathan Dayton, a captain in the American Revolutionary War who signed the U.S. Constitution and owned a significant amount of land in the area.[26] In 1827, construction on the Dayton–Cincinnati canal began, which would provide a better way to transport goods from Dayton to Cincinnati and contribute significantly to Dayton’s economic growth during the 1800s.
Population
Dayton is a city located in Greene County and Montgomery County Ohio. It is also the county seat of Montgomery County. With a 2020 population of 140,343, it is the 6th largest city in Ohio and the 198th largest city in the United States . Dayton is currently declining at a rate of -0.02% annually and its population has decreased by -0.84% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 141,527 in 2010. Dayton reached it’s highest population of 262,332 in 1960. Spanning over 57 miles, Dayton has a population density of 2,533 people per square mile.
The average household income in Dayton is $46,430 with a poverty rate of 30.57%. The median rental costs in recent years comes to $706 per month, and the median house value is $66,800. The median age in Dayton is 33 years, 31.6 years for males, and 34.4 years for females.
Income
The average salary in Dayton, OH is $66k. Trends in wages increased by 1.5 percent in Q3 2021. The cost of living in Dayton, OH is 9 percent higher than the national average. The most popular occupations in Dayton, OH are Software Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Electrical Engineer which pay between $40k and $113k per year. The most popular employers in Dayton, OH are U.S. Air Force (USAF), Kettering Hospital, and Reynolds & Reynolds Co.
Climate
Dayton, Ohio gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.
Dayton averages 17 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.
On average, there are 176 sunny days per year in Dayton. The US average is 205 sunny days.
Dayton gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 129 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.
Economy
Dayton has an unemployment rate of 6.8%. The US average is 6.0%.
Dayton has seen the job market increase by 0.7% over the last year. Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 27.6%, which is lower than the US average of 33.5%.
Tax Rates for Dayton
– The Sales Tax Rate for Dayton is 7.3%. The US average is 7.3%.
– The Income Tax Rate for Dayton is 5.7%. The US average is 4.6%.
– Tax Rates can have a big impact when Comparing Cost of Living.
Income and Salaries for Dayton
– The average income of a Dayton resident is $16,673 a year. The US average is $28,555 a year.
– The Median household income of a Dayton resident is $28,174 a year. The US average is $53,482 a year.
Notable People or Businesses
25 top employers
1. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 27,400 employees
2. Premier Health Partners, 14,135 employees
3. Kettering Health Network, 5,029 employees
4. Montgomery County, 4,559 employees
5. The Kroger Company, 4,100 employees
6. LexisNexis, 3,100 employees
7. Sinclair Community College, 2,726 employees
8. Dayton Public Schools, 2,574 employees
9. Wright State University, 2,948 employees
10. AK Steel Corporation, 2,400 employees
11. Honda of America Manufacturing, 2,400 employees
12. Community Mercy Health Partners, 2,297 employees
13. University of Dayton, 2,191 employees
14. VA Medical Center, 1,914 employees
15. City of Dayton, 1,913 employees
16. Emerson Climate Technologies, 1,533 employees
17. Meijer, Inc., 1,367 employees
18. Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, 1,335 employees
19. Cox Media Group Ohio, 1,100 employees
20. Speedway, LLC, 1,032 employees
21. Behr Dayton Thermal Products, 1,022 employees
22. AT&T Ohio, 1,000 employees
23. DPL Inc., 930 employees
24. CareSource, 894 employees
25. Fifth Third Bank, 875 employees
