Realtors in Dayton, MN
New construction where the Crow River meets the Mississippi, with split districts. Buying, selling and home valuation in Dayton, Hennepin and Wright Counties, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.
Dayton sits where the Crow River runs into the Mississippi, and it has been one of the fastest-building cities in the metro.
Two rivers meet at Dayton, and for most of its history it stayed small because of it. Recently the city has been at the front of metro new construction, with large developments going in on land that was agricultural a few years ago, while the older river settlement and the rural parcels are still there underneath the growth.
Dayton is split between the Anoka-Hennepin and Elk River Area school districts, and it also crosses the Hennepin and Wright county line, which makes it the most administratively divided city on this list. Two houses in different phases of the same city can differ in county, school district and whether they are on city services. Nothing about a Dayton address should be assumed.
- County
- Hennepin and Wright Counties
- Schools
- split between Anoka-Hennepin (ISD 11) and Elk River Area (ISD 728)
- Commute
- I-94 and Highway 101
- To downtown
- about 35 to 50 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
- Water/sewer
- new city services in the developing areas, wells and septic elsewhere
- Housing
- Heavy recent new construction, plus an older river core and rural acreage.
- Coordinates
- 45.2405° N 93.5124° W
Approximate drive times, and they are worth nothing next to the drive you make yourself at the hour you would really be leaving.
Buying, selling and valuation in Dayton.
Each of these has its own Dayton page, written for this town, not for the county.
What a buyer should know about Dayton.
Confirm county, school district and utilities in writing on the specific parcel. On new construction, read the builder’s contract on allowances and completion dates, and ask what is platted for the land around you. River property brings floodplain and bank questions that need the survey and the flood map, not a verbal answer.
What a seller is up against in Dayton.
If you bought new here in the last few years, you are competing with builders still selling nearby, so the finished items are your edge: yard, fence, deck, window treatments, appliances. If you are on the older river side or on acreage, you have something the new phases cannot offer at any price, which is mature trees and land, and the listing should sell exactly that.
Valuing a Dayton property.
The pace of new construction here makes older comps stale quickly, and the county and district splits mean parcels a mile apart are not comparable. We pull comps from your phase and your side of both lines.
Thinking about Dayton?
Call 763-786-3700. We will tell you what is on the market here, what it is going for and whether this is the right town for what you want.
Dayton questions, answered straight.
What is the housing stock like in Dayton?
Heavy recent new construction, plus an older river core and rural acreage. Dayton splits by county and by district, so we verify both per parcel.
Which school district serves Dayton?
Dayton is served by split between Anoka-Hennepin (ISD 11) and Elk River Area (ISD 728), and the boundary does not follow the city limits. If the district is driving your decision, we confirm it for the specific address in writing before you get attached to a house.
How long is the commute from Dayton to Minneapolis?
You are on I-94 and Highway 101, and it is about 35 to 50 minutes to downtown Minneapolis. Those are approximate and the only number that matters is the one you get driving it yourself at the hour you would really be leaving, in both directions.
Which county is Dayton in?
Hennepin and Wright Counties. That determines your property taxes, your recording and where a septic compliance inspection gets filed, so on the county borders we get the actual tax statement, not an estimate.
Other towns on the sheet.
| Town | County | School district | Commute spine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at County Road 19 |
| Albertville | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at exit 202 |
| Otsego | Wright | mostly Elk River Area (ISD 728), with part in St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | Highway 101 north to Elk River, I-94 south |
| Rogers | Hennepin | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | I-94 at Highway 101 |
| Elk River | Sherburne | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | Highway 169 and Highway 10, plus the Northstar commuter rail station |
| Monticello | Wright | Monticello (ISD 882) | I-94 west of the metro |
| Buffalo | Wright | Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (ISD 877) | Highway 55 and Highway 25 |
| Delano | Wright | Delano (ISD 879) | Highway 12 east toward I-394 |
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