Editing Dayton, Virginia (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 258
|1900= 425
|1910= 516
|1920= 482
|1930= 537
|1940= 632
|1950= 788
|1960= 930
|1970= 978
|1980= 1017
|1990= 921
|2000= 1344
|2010= 1530
|estyear=2019
|estimate=1637
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, 1,344 people, 542 households, and 383 families resided in the town. The [[population density]] was 1,657.2 people per square mile (640.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 565 housing units at an average density of 696.6 per square mile (269.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 94.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.90% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.86% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.62% of the population.

Of 542 households, 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were not families. About 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was distributed as 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,958, and the median income for a family was $44,732. Males had a median income of $30,109 versus $23,906 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,600. About 3.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

===Old Order Mennonites===

There are two different groups of [[Old Order Mennonites]] who live around Dayton: members of the [[Virginia Old Order Mennonite Conference]] and of the [[John Dan Wenger Mennonites]]. The latter are the more conservative ones. The two groups separated from each other in 1952/3. The total population of these two groups in the area is around 1,000 people.