What is the population of Dalton city?

Dalton city has 34,402 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Dalton city?

Median household income in Dalton city is $61,236 a year, 22% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dalton city?

Median gross rent is $924 a month and the median home value is $203,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Dalton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dalton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dalton, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dalton, Georgia (Dalton, GA — Census place “Dalton city”) is 34,402 residents, ranking #35 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $61,236, the median home is worth $203,100 and median gross rent runs $924 a month. Looking for the Dalton Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Dalton, GA: 30720, 30721.

Population: 34,402Dalton city residents
Median household income: $61,236Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $203,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $924Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.7%Owner-occupied households

Dalton ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dalton.

The Dalton GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Dalton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dalton city median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.3% of residents and 53.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dalton city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dalton city is a small city in Georgia, with 34,402 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #35 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 33.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Dalton city earn a median of $61,236 a year, 22% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dalton city is valued at $203,100, 33.1% below the national figure and 6% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $924 a month, 34.3% below the national figure, or roughly $11,088 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 53.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dalton city?: Dalton city has 34,402 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Dalton city?: Median household income in Dalton city is $61,236 a year, 22% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dalton city?: Median gross rent is $924 a month and the median home value is $203,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Dalton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dalton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dalton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.