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Dalton city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Dalton city is a Census city of 34,538 people across 21.31 square miles of land, in Whitfield County. Median household income is $63,577, 52.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 46 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45.5 m.
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Dalton
What Dalton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.31 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,621
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhitfield County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dalton
How many people live in Dalton
- Population34,538
- Median age33.7
- Population under 188,739
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over4,479
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent
- Households12,399
- Family households8,208
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dalton
Income and work in Dalton
- Median household income$63,577
- Per capita income$33,115
- Civilian labor force17,242
- Employed16,495
- Unemployed747 plus or minus 289
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over21,951
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher70.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dalton
Housing in Dalton
- Housing units13,440
- Occupied units12,399
- Vacant units1,041 plus or minus 236
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied6,493
- Renter occupied5,906
- Ownership rate52.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$222,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$996
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent
- Single family units8,170
- Share single family60.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,042
- Share in buildings of two or more37.5 percent
- Mobile homes228 plus or minus 128
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dalton
How Dalton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,547
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,779
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,429 plus or minus 571
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Drove alone79.4 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dalton
SBA loans in Dalton (7(a))
- Approvals46
- Gross approval$45,465,200
- Average approval$988,374
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,785,000
- Largest approval$4,845,000
- Jobs supported776
- Jobs per approval16.9
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full13
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term124 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more43.5 percent
- Share to franchises19.6 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dalton
SBA loans in Dalton (504)
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$15,699,000
- Average approval$923,471
- Median approval$848,000
- Largest approval$2,817,000
- Jobs supported222
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dalton
Flood risk in Dalton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130194
- Currently effective map date09/19/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Whitfield County, not Dalton
Whitfield County context, not Dalton figures
These are Whitfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dalton measurements.
- Establishments in Whitfield County2,373
- Employment at those establishments, Whitfield County55,064
- Covered employment, Whitfield County57,828
- Average annual pay, Whitfield County$54,855
- Average weekly wage, Whitfield County$1,055
- Housing units permitted, Whitfield County374
- Of those, single family, Whitfield County270
- County product, 2024, Whitfield County$7,746,432,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whitfield County6.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whitfield County$52,283
Every figure in this section is published for Whitfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dalton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dalton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dalton, Georgia?
34,538, in 12,399 households. Dalton city covers 21.31 square miles of land, which is 1,621 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dalton in?
Whitfield County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dalton?
$63,577. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $222,400. Median gross rent is $996 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dalton businesses?
46 7(a) approvals totalling $45.5 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 17 504 approvals worth $15.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dalton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dalton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 13 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Dalton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Dalton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130194, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Dalton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whitfield County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dalton.
Is zoning published for Dalton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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