Home values, rents and more in the Dayton metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Dayton metro compares
The typical home in the Dayton metro area is worth about $230,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Dayton metro are 6% below the typical value in Ohio ($246,000) and 37% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Dayton metro rose 2.9%, compared with +3.2% in Ohio and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,320 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% below Ohio ($1,402) and 32% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,739, against $71,389 in Ohio and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 826,554 people live in the Dayton metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Dayton metro has the 377th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 17th-highest of 41 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Dayton metro
Cities in the Dayton metro
- Dayton, OH $138,000
- Kettering, OH $244,000
- Beavercreek, OH $333,000
- Huber Heights, OH $213,000
- Fairborn, OH $208,000
- Troy, OH $281,000
- Xenia, OH $254,000
- Centerville, OH $387,000
- Riverside, OH $173,000
- Trotwood, OH $138,000
- Piqua, OH $181,000
- Miamisburg, OH $264,000
- Vandalia, OH $240,000
- Englewood, OH $238,000
- Clayton, OH $258,000
- West Carrollton, OH $177,000
- Shiloh, OH $151,000
- Tipp City, OH $346,000
- Oakwood, OH $395,000
- Bellbrook, OH $321,000
- Union, OH $210,000
- Moraine, OH $161,000
- Germantown, OH $268,000
- Brookville, OH $270,000
- West Milton, OH $236,000
- New Lebanon, OH $196,000
- Cedarville, OH $329,000
- Yellow Springs, OH $382,000
- Fort McKinley, OH $87,739
- Covington, OH $240,000
- Jamestown, OH $277,000
- Drexel, OH $58,152
- Pleasant Hill, OH $250,000
- Farmersville, OH $302,000
- Fletcher, OH $245,000
- Spring Valley, OH $477,000
- Laura, OH $267,000
- Casstown, OH $347,000
- Ludlow Falls, OH $311,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.