Dayton, Minnesota

Dayton population, 2020 to 2024

Dayton added 3,310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +44.5%. In the latest year it moved by +548. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Dayton is 75% of it.

Dayton covers 23.42 square miles of land and 1.76 of water, for 459 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Dayton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Dayton spans

Dayton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,744 residents as follows; Hennepin County holds 99.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dayton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Dayton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55327, 55369. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dayton is

The Census internal point of Dayton is at 45.189100, -93.471600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 24.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anoka, MN (18,068 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 18.5 miles away.

Daylight in Dayton

At 45.19° N, Dayton gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dayton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Anoka, 4.3 miles away, with 18,068 people.