A typical Dayton home is worth about $662,000
Up 1.5% in a year, 14% above the New Jersey typical home.
Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Dayton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
88% of Dayton households own their home
Half of Dayton’s homes were built before 1988.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 36.2% in five years
About the same pace as New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Dayton | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $413,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $416,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $423,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $437,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $457,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $508,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $545,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $598,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $650,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $663,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $662,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Dayton home worth $416K in September 2016 is worth about $662K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.4 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $142K short of a typical Dayton home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,710 a month here, $1,800 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Dayton’s typical property tax (1.89% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,710
Renters already here pay a median of $2,199, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Dayton vs. its neighbors
Dayton is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton | $662K | +1.5% | $2,710 | $151,902 |
| Monmouth Junction | $697K | +1.2% | $2,570 | $133,585 |
| Deans | $790K* | +2.6%† | $2,570 | $248,875 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
On the market in Dayton
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Dayton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.