ZIP Code 45403

ZIP code 45403, in Dayton, is a working-class area by the numbers: median household income of $38,323 and per-capita income of $22,632 fall well below what more prosperous parts of the region report. Homes here have a median value of $87,500, and the county-level property tax rate of 1.73% applies to that lower base. Sales tax in the area totals 7.50%. Together these figures describe a community where earnings are limited and the tax load, particularly the sales tax on everyday purchases, weighs on households with little slack in their finances.