The story of this market
The typical home in Dayton, Ohio sells for about $149,925, or $108 per square foot.
Prices are up +11.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 38 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,000 a month.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+3%
OH · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton's housing market remains competitive, characterized by sustained double-digit median price gains (+11.1% YoY to $149,925) alongside swift market movement with typical homes pending in under 40 days. Affordability relative to national and regional benchmarks drives steady buyer competition and investor interest. While older housing stock and lower municipal median incomes present challenges, strong institutional employers and steady rental demand maintain market liquidity.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Dayton yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 11 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved up 6.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 39 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
2% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 4.81% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.8% · poverty 25.5% — a mixed stability profile.
- Land of Illusion Adventure Park4.416.6 mi
- Caesar Creek State Park4.619 mi
- Scene75 Entertainment Center | Dayton4.45.4 mi
- Nova Trampoline and Adventure Park4.77.6 mi
- On Par Entertainment4.86.5 mi
- Ohio Renaissance Festival4.721 mi
- Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway3.94.1 mi
- Nutter Center4.37.7 mi
- Land of Illusion Adventure Park4.416.6 mi
- University of Dayton Arena4.71.7 mi
- National Museum of the US Air Force4.94.7 mi
- Cinemark The Greene IMAX and SCREENX4.56.6 mi
- Nova Trampoline and Adventure Park4.77.6 mi
- Cinemark Dayton South 16 and XD4.58.2 mi
- Cox Arboretum MetroPark4.87.4 mi
- National Museum of the US Air Force4.94.7 mi
- Historic Clifton Mill4.419.7 mi
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery4.72.1 mi
- Carillon Historical Park4.82.1 mi
- Aullwood Audubon Center4.89 mi
- Cox Arboretum MetroPark4.87.4 mi
- Carillon Historical Park4.82.1 mi
- Aullwood Audubon Center4.89 mi
- Charleston Falls Preserve4.811.1 mi
- Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark4.83.2 mi
- Heatherwoode Golf Club4.715.4 mi
- PipeStone Golf Club4.310.5 mi
- Golf Galaxy Performance Center3.98.5 mi
- Community Golf Course43.4 mi
- Graywolf Golf Club3.98.4 mi
- Dayton Mall48.7 mi
- The Greene4.56.4 mi
- The Mall at Fairfield Commons4.37.3 mi
- Meijer4.26 mi
- Dorothy Lane Market4.73.8 mi
- Dayton International Airport4.410 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A premier downtown gathering space situated along the Great Miami River, featuring paved trails, summer concerts, water sports access, and seasonal ice skating that bolsters downtown core living appeal.
A nationally accredited fine arts museum housed in an Italian Renaissance-style building overlooking downtown, offering major exhibits, collections, and educational community programming.
Located immediately adjacent at Wright-Patterson AFB, this is the world's largest military aviation museum, drawing hundreds of thousands of annual visitors and driving regional tourism.
A 65-acre open-air museum campus that preserves Dayton's deep manufacturing, aviation, and engineering innovation heritage, including original Wright Brothers artifacts.
Downtown home to the Dayton Dragons (High-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds), recognized for selling out consecutive games and anchoring surrounding mixed-use entertainment dining.
Dayton is ideally suited for cash-flow residential investors seeking above-average cap rates, healthcare and aerospace professionals commuting to regional centers, and budget-conscious first-time homebuyers willing to accept historic neighborhoods. It offers strong yield potential for buyers able to navigate neighborhood-level variance in school performance and municipal tax structures.
Dayton Public Schools (DPS) historically faces significant academic hurdles on state report card performance standards, though selective magnet programs show stronger outcomes. Neighboring independent districts in immediate suburbs provide contrasts in proficiency scores and state testing ratings.
Interstate 75 cuts vertically through Dayton, while Interstate 70 sits just north of city boundaries, providing outstanding vehicular connectivity across the Midwest manufacturing corridor. US-35 provides convenient east-west arterial access across the metro area. Public transit is spearheaded by Greater Dayton RTA, providing a clean fleet of diesel and electric trolley buses throughout the urban core.
Dayton features an extensive network of outdoor recreation options, anchored by Five Rivers MetroParks spanning RiverScape, Deeds Point, and Eastwood MetroParks. The region offers one of the largest paved multi-use trail networks in the nation, alongside cultural draws including the Dayton Art Institute, the Schuster Center, and historic Oregon District dining.
Rental demand is robust across Dayton, propelled by student populations near the University of Dayton and medical workforce demand near downtown hospital campuses. Affordable entry price points continue to draw turnkey and value-add single-family rental investors, with median gross rents remaining around $1,000 per month.
Dayton's economy has transitioned from heavy legacy manufacturing into advanced engineering, aerospace defense, and regional healthcare services. Premier Health, the University of Dayton, and proximity to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base anchor substantial scientific and white-collar professional employment. Ongoing revitalization across downtown's tech and innovation hubs fuels continuous small-business and startup growth.
Economic momentum is supported by major healthcare employers including Premier Health, regional aerospace linkages to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and higher education via the University of Dayton. Urban core revitalization continues to absorb infill developments, adaptive reuse of legacy industrial assets, and amenity expansion.
City planning initiatives focus on the Dayton Housing Condition Survey and proactive neighborhood stabilization, remediating blight while deploying infrastructure repair grants. Downtown master planning continues to leverage the Dayton Arcade and riverfront developments to lure private investment and residential conversions. Commercial zoning updates support light industrial retooling and modern warehousing.
Parcels within Dayton are subject to overlapping local taxing bodies including Dayton Public Schools, Montgomery County general levies, and Sinclair Community College district assessments. Crucially, parcels within the Miami River basin fall within the Miami Conservancy District, which levies dedicated flood-protection assessments.
Dayton's reported property and violent crime rates remain elevated compared to Ohio state averages and suburban Montgomery County, driven largely by concentrated activity in disinvested neighborhoods. However, core urban districts and stabilized historic quarters experience markedly lower incident rates and benefit from dedicated downtown business district policing.
Dayton sits in the Great Miami River basin and is safeguarded by the extensive earthen levee and dry dam system managed by the Miami Conservancy District, keeping riverine flood risk minimal for core tracts. Severe convective storms bringing wind and hail represent the primary insured peril, though the property insurance environment remains generally stable.
Dayton benefits from an inland, continental climate with low hurricane or wildfire exposures, which keeps property insurance rates comparatively affordable compared to coastal markets. Primary property loss risks stem from winter freeze-thaw cycles, convective spring hail storms, and regional wind events.
Property taxes in Dayton are determined on Montgomery County's 35% statutory assessment ratio of fair market value, combined with local school, municipal, county, and Miami Conservancy District levies. The city also assesses a local earned municipal income tax rate of 2.5%, which applies to residents and non-residents working within Dayton boundaries.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this city — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Researched annual trajectory for this city, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 11.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this city's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Data gathered directly from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS Place tables for Dayton city, Ohio (Census place FIPS 3921000).