Dayton, Nevada.
Typical home $459,263 (+2.3% in a year), asking rent $2,101 . Fernley, NV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,226 (+104%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,328 +2%
- $448,935$459,263 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,271 +9%
- $420,992$459,263 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Dayton$2,411
- Nevada$2,313
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 40 years.
Typical home values in Dayton, NV rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada
Dayton, in Lyon County, had 15,153 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $102,819 a year and half less, against $80,812 across Lyon County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Lyon County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Dayton is a community in Lyon County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run well above the county's. Residents tend to be older than in many American towns, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with summers that turn warm but not extreme, and precipitation is light across the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, shops, and professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Dayton are Webstaurantstore, a warehousing and storage operation, the Central Lyon County Fire Protection District, and RTP Company, which compounds resins. The commute to work is fairly long for many people, and a modest share work from home. Across Lyon County, unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier, while the number of jobs has barely changed.
Things to do. Dayton State Park is in or beside town, and Piper's Opera House and the Fourth Ward School, a theatre and a museum, are each a short drive away. For a day out on the water, Lake Tahoe is a longer drive away.
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- 5,842households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lyon County had 13,776 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 40° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 46 inches of snow and 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Virginia City weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dayton
- WebstaurantstoreGeneral warehousing and storage307
- Central Lyon County Fire Protection DistrictFirefighting, government and volunteer66
- RTP CompanyCustom compounding of purchased resins51
- Carboline DaytonIndustrial product finishes and coatings manufacturing42
- Jawurek EnterprisesFood stores23
- Sylvan AmericaMushroom spawn farming23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 512 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Earthquakesrelatively high in parts of DaytonRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of DaytonRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Dayton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lyon County and the Fernley, NV metro.
Dayton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Dayton$459,263
- Nevada$440,739
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Dayton listings, and the typical home goes pending in 14 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Dayton31.03%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Dayton14
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Dayton80
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Dayton27
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Dayton$467,309
- United States$371,553
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Dayton99.15%
Zip codes with a Dayton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dayton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.