PlainZIP

Dayton, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dayton, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,401. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet DAYTON-NJ · Dayton, NJ 1 ZIPs · 8,401 pop · #816/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $151,902
  • RANK-TOP #816/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over East Brunswick
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,401
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $496,600

Nearest income peer: East Brunswick, NJ ( $8,316 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Dayton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Dayton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Dayton, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,401
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$151,902
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $151,902 and home value $496,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 70.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Jersey, Cedar Grove is the closest lower-income city and Flanders the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Dayton.

Population concentration

Dayton reads through its lone ZIP, 08810

8,401 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08810 is not the leading code inside Dayton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Dayton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 311 establishments, 8,493 employees , annual payroll $545,124k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08810 (311 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (68) · also Transportation and warehousing · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Dayton, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Dayton. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Middlesex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Dayton. Edison, Piscataway and New Brunswick sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Perth Amboy marks the far end of that range at $64,491, 58% below Dayton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08810 8,401 $151,902 311 447
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Dayton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Dayton, .