The median home value in Dayton, TX is $307,240 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.33% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$307,240
Year-over-Year
+0.33%
Population
9,997
Dayton ranks #138 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.1% above the state's city median of $271,742. It sits in Liberty County, where the county-wide median is $239,620.
Dayton police recorded a violent crime rate of 130 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,121 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Dayton is $307,240. That's up 0.33% from a year earlier. That is about 13.1% above the typical county in Texas.
Homes in Dayton are more expensive than Liberty County as a whole, where the median is $239,620 — a difference of about 28.2%.
Dayton police reported 130 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 9,997. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.