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Dalton, GA

34,402 Population
21.3 square miles 1,616.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,047 ±$2,650 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $30,484 ±$1,146
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$61,236 ±$7,442 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $65,715 ±$2,593
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

17.3% ±3.6% (5,777  ±1,190) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 13.5% † 19,193 (±1.4% / ±1,926)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

17.4 minutes ±0.8 (265,335  ±18,031) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 23 1,444,430 (±0.4 / ±42,328)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

11,762 ±489 Number of households
  • the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 51,359 ±619
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.8 ±0.1 (33,168  ±59) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 2.8 141,735 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

4.9% ±1.8% (408  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,620 (±1% / ±340)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

12,969 ±458 Number of housing units
  • the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 55,617 ±63
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$203,100 ±$15,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $190,800 ±$5,576
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

11.3% ±2.7% (3,834  ±909.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 7.8% † 11,132 (±1.1% / ±1,520.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

70.3% ±4.7% (15,150  ±1,109.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 76.3% 72,085 (±2.3% / ±2,218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
23.9% ±2.9% (5,143  ±647.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 17.7% 16,734 (±1.1% / ±1,027.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.1% ±3% (9,667  ±1,028) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 15.1% 21,689
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

3.8% ±0.9% (972  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 4.8% 5,137 (±0.5% / ±510)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
972 Total veterans ±217 917 Male ±207 55 Female ±53

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