Dalton is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,289 people and just one neighborhood, Dalton is the 775th largest community in Pennsylvania. Dalton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Dalton real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Dalton house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some boroughs, Dalton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dalton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dalton is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dalton who work in management occupations (12.27%), teaching (10.32%), and office and administrative support (9.48%).
Also of interest is that Dalton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Dalton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dalton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dalton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Dalton is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Dalton are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.73% of adults in Dalton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dalton in 2022 was $43,505, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,020 for a family of four. However, Dalton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dalton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Dalton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dalton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dalton include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Dalton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 12.4% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Pennsylvania.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 1.9% have Slovak ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dalton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 48.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.1%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.1% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Dalton, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Italian roots (16.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (12.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.