Dalton is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.
The citizens of Dalton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.17% of adults in Dalton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dalton in 2022 was $29,899, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,596 for a family of four. However, Dalton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dalton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dalton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dalton, accounting for 51.49% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dalton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dalton include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.
In addition, Dalton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.17%).
The most common language spoken in Dalton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
