The median gross rent (rent plus utilities) that renter households actually pay, Dayton metro and U.S., by year.
Dayton metro: $1,149 in 2025. Change from 2024: +2.7%.
Next update: 2026 figures, expected around Sep 17, 2027.
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton metro | $1,149 | $1,119 | +2.7% |
| U.S. | $1,557 | $1,487 | +4.7% |
About this data
Median gross rent from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 1-year estimates: contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays, for all renter households, not just homes on the market, so it runs below asking-rent measures like Zillow’s. The Dayton metro area is the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metropolitan statistical area (Montgomery, Greene and Miami counties; before 2023 the Census defined it under an earlier code with the same core). The Census Bureau did not release standard 1-year estimates for 2020. Estimates have margins of error.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B25064 and B25070). Updated November 4, 2026, yearly. Download the data (CSV).