The Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Greater Dayton and the Miami Valley, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in the Miami Valley region of Ohio and is anchored by the city of

Dayton Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...

. As of 2020, it is the fourth largest

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

in Ohio and the 73rd largest metropolitan area by population in the United States with a population of 814,049.

Counties

* Greene * Miami * Montgomery

Cities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

(principal city) – 137,644

Places with 25,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

* Kettering – 57,862 * Beavercreek – 47,741 *

Huber Heights Huber Heights is a suburb of Dayton in Montgomery and Miami counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its origins trace back to the now-defunct Wayne Township, which was settled in the early-mid 1800s. Wayne Township was incorporated as the City of Hube ...

– 38,154 *

Fairborn Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,620 at the 2020 census. Fairborn is a suburb of Dayton, and part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the only city in the world named Fairborn, a port ...

– 34,620 * Xenia – 26,947 * Troy – 26,281 *

Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...

– 25,133

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

Trotwood Trotwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States and is a suburb of Dayton. The population was 24,431 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is served by the Trotwood-Madison City Schoo ...

– 24,403 * Centerville – 24,240 * Piqua – 21,332 * Miamisburg – 20,143 * Springboro – 18,931 * Vandalia – 14,997 * Englewood – 13,435 * Clayton – 13,222 *

West Carrollton West Carrollton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. A Suburb of Dayton. The population was 13,143 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Great Miami River runs through the town and forms ...

– 12,864 *

Tipp City Tipp City is a city in Miami County, Ohio, Miami County, Ohio, United States just outside Dayton. The population was 9,689 at the United States Census 2010, 2010 census. Formerly known as Tippecanoe, and then Tippecanoe City. Later, it was renamed ...

– 10,115

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Oakwood – 8,936 *

Bellbrook Bellbrook is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,317 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. It sits about 20.5 miles, ( 17km) south east from central Dayton. History Bellbroo ...

– 7,344 * Union – 6,891 *

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– 6,470 * Brookville – 5,874 * Germantown – 5,519 *

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

– 5,446

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

* West Milton – 4,828 * Cedarville – 4,320 * New Lebanon – 3,984 * Yellow Springs – 3,744 *

Covington Covington may refer to: People * Covington (surname) Places United Kingdom * Covington, Cambridgeshire * Covington, South Lanarkshire United States * Covington, Georgia * Covington, Indiana * Covington, Kentucky, the largest American cit ...

– 2,708 * Wilberforce – 2,271 * Shawnee Hills – 2,171 * Jamestown – 2,136 * Drexel – 2,076 *

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

– 1,866 * Pleasant Hill – 1,254

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Bowersville * Casstown *

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(partial) * College Corner (partial) *

Eldorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...

* Farmersville * Fletcher *

Gratis Gratis may refer to: * Free, meaning without charge. See Gratis versus libre * Gratis, Ohio, a village in Preble County, US * Gratis Township, Preble County, Ohio, US See also * Free (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

Laura Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...

Ludlow Falls Ludlow Falls is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 175 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ludlow Falls is named after surveyor Israel Ludlow. Geography Ludlow Falls is loc ...

* Phillipsburg * Potsdam * Spring Valley * Verona * West Elkton * West Manchester

Unincorporated places

Brandt Brandt may refer to: Places United States * Brandt, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Brandt, South Dakota, a town * Brandt Township, Polk County, Minnesota Elsewhere * Mount Brandt, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Brandt Cove, South Georgia Is ...

* Byron * Chautauqua (partial) * Conover * Fairhaven * Fort McKinley * Morning Sun * New Hope * Northridge * Phoneton * Pyrmont * Shiloh * West Charleston * Woodbourne-Hyde Park

Townships

Greene County

* Bath Township * Beavercreek Township * Caesarscreek Township * Cedarville Township * Jefferson Township * Miami Township * New Jasper Township * Ross Township * Silvercreek Township * Spring Valley Township * Sugarcreek Township * Xenia Township

Miami County

* Bethel Township * Brown Township * Concord Township * Elizabeth Township * Lostcreek Township * Monroe Township * Newberry Township * Newton Township * Springcreek Township * Staunton Township * Union Township * Washington Township

Montgomery County

* Butler Township * Clay Township * German Township * Harrison Township * Jackson Township * Jefferson Township * Miami Township * Perry Township * Washington Township

Combined statistical area

The Dayton–Springfield–Sidney Combined Statistical Area is a

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in the U.S. state of Ohio, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. It consists of the

Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area The Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Greater Dayton and the Miami Valley, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in the Miami Valley region of Ohio and is anchored by the cit ...

(the counties of Montgomery, Greene and Miami); the

Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area ( Clark County); the

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Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Champaign County); the Greenville Micropolitan Statistical Area (

Darke County Darke County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,881. Its county seat is Greenville. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1817. It is named for William Darke, an officer in the ...

); and the

Sidney Sidney may refer to: People * Sidney (surname), English surname * Sidney (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Sidney (footballer, born 1972), full name Sidney da Silva Souza, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Shelby County). As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 1,086,512. *Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) **Dayton (Greene, Miami, and Montgomery counties) **Springfield ( Clark County) *Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) **Greenville (

) **Urbana ( Champaign County) **Sidney ( Shelby County) According to an article in '' The Cincinnati Enquirer'', as Greater Cincinnati grows northward through Butler County, its outer suburbs are expected to expand and begin to overlap the Greater Dayton area. Such a concept has already received the nickname of "Daytonnati." The two metropolitan areas were expected to be combined after tabulation of the 2010 Census, but this did not occur. As of the 2020 census this has still not occurred due to criteria not being met for combined area designation Greater Dayton is part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis containing an estimated 54 million people.

Demographics

As of the census 2010, there were 799,232 people, 343,971 households, and 220,249 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 80.40% White, 14.90% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.80%

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, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or

Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...

of any race were 1.90% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $47,381, and the median income for a family was $59,770. Males had a median income of $38,430 versus $26,205 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $25,436. From the 2000 Census to the 2010 Census, the Dayton region has seen a shift in population from its urban core to more out-lying affluent suburbs. This is evidenced by a 10% growth in population in Englewood, a 19% population growth in Beavercreek, and a 40% population growth in Springboro. Smaller growths in the 2010 census in the Dayton area included Miamisburg, Centerville, Vandalia, and

. Many of Dayton's suburbs that saw declines in populations fared well from 2000 to 2010. Dayton's largest suburb, Kettering for example, only saw a 2.3% decline during the ten-year period and

, Dayton's third largest suburb, saw a 0.3% decline in population. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area formerly included Clark County and

Preble County Preble County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 40,999, down 3.0% from the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census population of 42,270. Its ...

. In 2005, Clark County containing

Springfield, Ohio Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County, Ohio, Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River (Ohio), Mad River, Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, approxim ...

separated from the Dayton MSA to create their own MSA named Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. As a result of new Census criteria to delineate metropolitan areas, Preble County was eliminated from the MSA in 2013 as it no longer qualified for inclusion. A significant drop in population for the Dayton MSA is noted in the 2010 census because of these changes.

Colleges and universities

Greater Dayton is home to a number of higher education facilities, including: * Air Force Institute of Technology (

Wright-Patterson AFB Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wri ...

) * Antioch College ( Yellow Springs) *

Cedarville University Cedarville University is a private Baptist university in Cedarville, Ohio. It is chartered by the state of Ohio, approved by the Ohio Board of Regents, and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Established in 1887, the school was origina ...

( Cedarville) *

Central State University Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for te ...

( Wilberforce) *

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...

( Troy) *

Kettering College of Medical Arts Kettering College (formerly Kettering College of Medical Arts) is a private Adventist college in Dayton, Ohio. The college is owned by the Kettering Medical Center and chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The college was built in 1967 ...

( Kettering) * Sinclair Community College (

) * University of Dayton (

) * Wilberforce University ( Wilberforce) * Wittenberg University (

) *

Wright State University Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...

(

) *

Clark State Community College Clark State College is a public community college in Springfield, Ohio. It opened in 1962 as Springfield and Clark County Technical Education Program. As of 2018, the school was approved for bachelor's degrees in web design and manufacturing ...

(

)

Largest employers

Notable largest employers in the Dayton region : * Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 30,000 *

Premier Health Partners Premier Health is a medical network of three hospitals and two major health centers in the Dayton, Ohio, Dayton region. Premier Health, which employs 14,000 workers, is the second-largest employer in the Dayton region and ninth-largest employer ...

14,335 *

Kettering Health Network Kettering Health, formerly known as Kettering Health Network and Kettering Medical Center Network, is a nonprofit network of fourteen Dayton and Cincinnati area medical centers, Kettering College, and 120 outpatient facilities. The system is base ...

9,500 * Montgomery County 5,029 * CareSource 4,500 *

The Kroger Company The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States. Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinc ...

4,100 *

3,095 * LexisNexis 3,000 * University of Dayton 2,978 * Honda Manufacturing of America 2,940

Transportation

Airports

Greater Dayton is served by international, regional and county airports, including: * Dahio Trotwood Airport *

Dayton International Airport Dayton International Airport (officially James M. Cox Dayton International Airport), formerly Dayton Municipal Airport and James M. Cox-Dayton Municipal Airport, is 10 miles north of downtown Dayton, in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. T ...

* Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport *

Greene County–Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport Greene County–Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport is a public use airport located in Xenia, a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. It is 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of the central business district of the city of Dayton. The ai ...

Moraine Airpark Moraine Airpark is a public-use airport situated in the city of Moraine, Ohio, United States. southwest of the city of Dayton in Montgomery County. Facilities and aircraft Moraine Airpark covers an area of which contains one asphalt pave ...

* Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Major highways

Interstate 70 * I-71

Interstate 71 * I-75

Interstate 75 * I-675

Interstate 675 * US 35

U.S. Route 35 U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States Highway that runs southeast-northwest for approximately from the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia to northern Indiana. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nomi ...

U.S. Route 36 U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway that travels approximately from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection i ...

U.S. Route 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America, is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes wh ...

U.S. Route 42 U.S. Route 42 (US 42) is an east–west United States highway that runs southwest–northeast for from Louisville, Kentucky to Cleveland, Ohio. The route has several names including Pearl Road from Cleveland to Medina in Northeast Ohio, Readin ...

U.S. Route 68 U.S. Route 68 (US 68) is a United States highway that runs for from northwest Ohio to Western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at US 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its present northern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Findlay, Ohio, though ...

State Route 4 Route 4, or Highway 4, may refer to several highways in the following countries: International * AH4, Asian Highway 4 * European route E04 * European route E004 * Cairo – Cape Town Highway Albania * SH-4 road in Albania from Durres to Kakav ...

State Route 41 * OH-48

State Route 48 * OH-49

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State Route 202 * OH-235

State Route 235 * OH-444

State Route 444 * OH-725

State Route 725 * OH-741

State Route 741 * OH-844

State Route 844

Public transit

The

Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, formerly known as the Miami Valley RTA, is a public transit agency that generally serves the greater Dayton, Ohio area. The GDRTA serves communities within Montgomery County and parts of Greene County ...

operates a public busing system in Montgomery county. Other transit agencies serve the surrounding counties and provide connections with RTA, including transit authorities in Greene and Miami counties.

Culture

Museums

Dayton Art Institute The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The Dayton Art Institute has been rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for children. The museum also ranks in the top 3% of all art mus ...

(

) *

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is a children's museum, science and technology center and zoo in Dayton, Ohio, United States that focuses on science and natural history. Exhibits include an extensive natural history collection as well as mainta ...

(

) *

America's Packard Museum America's Packard Museum is an automotive museum located in Dayton, Ohio. History The Citizens Motorcar Company, known as America's Packard Museum, is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic ...

(

) * National Museum of the United States Air Force (

) * The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (

)
Springfield Museum of Art
(Springfield)

Theaters

In addition to

Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's principal center of the lively arts. It is owned and operated by the Victoria Theatre Association and occupies the former site of Rike's d ...

, the Dayton Region's largest performing arts center, Greater Dayton has a vibrant theater community throughout the region. * Actors Theater (

) *

Beavercreek Community Theatre Beavercreek may refer to: * Beavercreek, Ohio * Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio * Beavercreek, Oregon Beavercreek is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located southeast of O ...

( Beavercreek) *

(

) *

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(

) *

Brookville Community Theater Brookville may refer to any of the following: Places United States * Brookville, Illinois * Brookville, Indiana * Brookville, Kansas * Brookville, Michigan * Brookville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey * Brookville, Ocean County, New Jersey * Broo ...

( Brookville)
Clark State Performing Arts Center
(

) *

Dayton Playhouse Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...

(

) *

La Comedia Dinner Theatre La Comedia Dinner Theatre is located in Springboro, Ohio. La Comedia is one of the nation's oldest and largest professional dinner theaters with Broadway-style productions. Having entertained over six million guests, 2021 marks the 47th season. ...

( Springboro) *

Loft Theatre The Loft Theatre is a legitimate theater in downtown Dayton, Ohio.Loft Theatre Series
It hos ...

(

)Victoria Theatre Association – Broadway in Dayton
/ref> *

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(

)DCDC – Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
/ref> * Town Hall Theatre ( Centerville) * Victoria Theatre (

)

Theatrical companies

Dayton Ballet The Dayton Ballet is a ballet company based in Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Ballet was founded in 1937, making it the second oldest regional ballet company in the United States. Dayton Ballet seasons typically comprise four works—familiar tradition ...

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, which was founded in 1968 by Dayton, Ohio native, Jeraldyne Blunden, is the oldest modern dance company in Ohio, and one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City. History The Dayt ...

Dayton Opera Dayton Opera is an American opera company based in Dayton, Ohio. The company makes its home at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton where it annually produces three operas and an operatic concert and has an annual budget of appro ...

Dayton Theatre Guild Dayton () is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County, Ohio, Greene County. The 2020 United S ...

Human Race Theatre Company The Human Race Theatre Company is the professional producing theatre company of Dayton Ohio, dedicated to producing works on universal themes that explore the human condition and startle us all into a renewed awareness of ourselves. The HRTC is l ...

Welcome to The Human Race Theatre Company
/ref> * Victoria Theatre Association

Music

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) is a fully professional musical group in Dayton, Ohio, formed in 1933. It is a member of the League of American Orchestras (LAO) and the Regional Orchestra Players' Association (ROPA), and presents programs ma ...

References

External links

City of Dayton website

Visitors Bureau

Dayton history
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