Kettering, OH
The largest suburb, about 5.4 miles southeast, with 57,396 people (2025 estimate). A median build year of 1961 means many 1950s and 1960s homes with original basements.
Mold in KetteringMold Remediation in Dayton, OH and the Miami Valley
Independent mold inspection and remediation companies take requests from Dayton, Ohio and towns across Montgomery and Greene counties. Pick your town for local notes on housing, storms and the mold problems that come with them.
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Dayton, Ohio
The city of Dayton has some of the oldest housing in the region. The median home was built in 1951, 36.7 percent of homes predate 1940, and 85.4 percent predate 1980. Just over half of homes (51.6 percent) are renter-occupied, and 16.9 percent of housing units are vacant, so rental mold and vacant-home rehab mold come up often.
Downtown grew up at the meeting of the Great Miami River, the Stillwater River, the Mad River and Wolf Creek. Old North Dayton and Shiloh were in the path of the 2019 Memorial Day tornado. Older neighborhoods with pre-1940 basements include Dayton View, St. Anne's Hill, South Park and the Oregon District.
Towns with their own pages
Populations are July 2025 Census estimates. Distances are straight-line miles from downtown Dayton, OH; driving distances are longer.
Beavercreek, OH
Greene County, about 7 miles east, 48,134 people. Newer homes with finished basements, plus houses and apartments repaired after the 2019 EF3 tornado.
Mold in BeavercreekHuber Heights, OH
About 7.7 miles north-northeast, 43,905 people. Mostly 1960s and 1970s brick tract homes, now 50 to 60 years old.
Mold in Huber HeightsFairborn, OH
Greene County, about 10.6 miles east-northeast, 35,754 people. Next to Wright-Patterson AFB and Wright State, with nearly half of homes renter-occupied.
Mold in FairbornXenia, OH
The Greene County seat, about 14.3 miles east-southeast, 26,425 people. Rebuilt after the April 3, 1974 F5 tornado destroyed almost half the city's buildings.
Mold in XeniaCenterville, OH
About 10.2 miles south-southeast, 25,194 people. Owner-occupied 1960s and 1970s homes, many with finished basements, in a tight resale market.
Mold in CentervilleTrotwood, OH
About 6.8 miles west, 23,190 people. The 2019 Memorial Day tornado damaged 500 homes and destroyed 59 here; many older homes and rentals.
Mold in TrotwoodMiamisburg, OH
About 9.8 miles south-southwest on the Great Miami River, 20,414 people. A historic core with pre-1940 homes plus newer subdivisions.
Mold in MiamisburgAlso served: Oakwood, Riverside, Vandalia and Englewood
Companies also take requests from these towns, which do not have their own pages yet.
- Oakwood sits just south of Dayton with the oldest housing in the area; most homes predate 1940, with stone or brick basements and plaster walls. Asbestos and lead questions matter before any tear-out.
- Riverside lies along the Mad River east of Dayton. Both the 2019 EF4 and EF3 tornado paths ran through it, and about 44 percent of homes are rented.
- Vandalia is the city closest to Dayton International Airport, between the Great Miami and Stillwater rivers.
- Englewood sits along the Stillwater River, next to Englewood Dam, one of the five Miami Conservancy District flood-control dams.
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Mold problems that come up across the region
Basements are common across the Miami Valley, and the rain falls in every season: NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals give Dayton International Airport 41.33 inches a year. That makes basement mold and sump pump and flood mold the most common requests. Storm-patched roofs and ice dams lead to attic mold, and the large rental share in Dayton, Fairborn and Trotwood makes rental and tenant mold a frequent question.
Permit offices differ by town. Kettering and several other cities run their own building departments, and Montgomery County Building Regulations covers townships. Cleaning and small tear-out usually need no permit, but plumbing, electrical, HVAC, structural and roofing work generally do, so check with your city's building department.
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