Virginia · Census place 5121648

Dayton, Virginia

Dayton is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia with an estimated 1,756 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,756; #102 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020: +4.3%; +72 people
Land area: 1.0 sq mi
Density: 1,705 / sq mi; State median 1,784

Orange pin: Dayton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

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Dayton population, 2020 to 2024

Dayton added 72 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,684. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dayton covers 1.03 square miles of land, for 1,705 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Dayton is close to the typical town.

What county Dayton is in

All of Dayton's residents live in Rockingham County, which had 87,674 residents in 2024. Dayton holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dayton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dayton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22821. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dayton is

The Census internal point of Dayton is at 38.417300, -78.941100. Richmond, the capital, is 102.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bridgewater, VA (6,826 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 100.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.417300, -78.941100
DMS: 38°25'2.28"N 78°56'27.96"W
UTM: 17N 679745.7E 4254124.2N
Geohash: dnzfe9sug
Plus code: 87C3C385+WH

Daylight in Dayton

At 38.42° N, Dayton gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 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 Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgewater, 2.4 miles away, with 6,826 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dayton, VA?

1,756 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 72 (4.3%) from 1,684 in July 2020.

What county is Dayton in?

Rockingham County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dayton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22821.

How far is Dayton from Richmond?

102.1 miles (164.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Dayton.

What is the nearest larger city to Dayton?

Bridgewater, VA, with 6,826 residents, 2.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.