† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDaytonTennesseeUnited States
English14.3%13.3%9.5%
Irish11.3%9.3%9.4%
German9.7%9.1%12.5%
American9.5%11.3%5.3%
Scotch-Irish3.2%1.7%—
Italian2.7%2.2%4.8%
Scottish2.2%2.2%1.3%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Mexican8.9%3.8%11.3%
Guatemalan1.4%0.6%0.5%
Spaniard1.4%——
African American†3.1%14.3%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Dayton
Tennessee
United States
Median age
40.3
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
13.0%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dayton
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$49,719
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.2%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.6%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dayton
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
5.3%
13.6%
Other languages
1.3%
0.4%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dayton
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Dayton, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−29.0%
2008
−41.8%
2012
−46.4%
2016
−54.5%
2020
−56.1%
2024
−61.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
18.3%Harris470
80.2%Trump2,064
1.6%
R+61.9
R+5.8
R+60.5
2,574
R
20.8%Biden520
77.0%Trump1,922
2.2%
R+56.1
R+1.7
R+60.6
2,497
R
19.8%Clinton400
74.3%Trump1,500
5.9%
R+54.5
R+8.1
R+56.6
2,019
R
26.0%Obama501
72.5%Romney1,394
1.5%
R+46.4
R+4.6
R+50.3
1,924
R
28.0%Obama607
69.8%McCain1,515
2.2%
R+41.8
R+12.9
R+49.1
2,170
R
35.4%Kerry758
64.4%Bush1,378
0.2%
R+29.0
—
R+26.5
2,140
Dayton's courthouse square drew international attention nearly a century ago and remains a touchstone for the city's identity. Rhea County as a whole votes Republican by margins exceeding 80%, making Dayton one of the most consistently partisan small cities in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 61.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.9 points.
A population of 7,625, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,719 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South Cleveland and Sweetwater.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Dayton, Tennessee voted Republican by 61.9 points (R+61.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,574 votes cast, 470 went Democratic and 2,064 went Republican.
How many people live in Dayton, Tennessee?
Dayton, Tennessee has a population of 7,625 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dayton, Tennessee?
Median household income in Dayton, Tennessee is $49,719 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Dayton, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dayton, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
