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The median home value in Dalton, GA is $241,453 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$241,453
Year-over-Year
+0.42%
Population
34,537
Dalton ranks #71 of 98 Georgia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 21.6% below the state's city median of $308,120. It sits in Whitfield County, where the county-wide median is $249,266.
Median household income in Dalton is $63,577, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Dalton police recorded a violent crime rate of 243 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,902 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Dalton, that value is $241,453. That's up 0.42% from a year earlier. It is about 21.6% below the typical Georgia city tracked here.
Homes in Dalton are cheaper than Whitfield County as a whole, where the median is $249,266 — a difference of about 3.1%.
Median household income here is $63,577, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Dalton police reported 243 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 34,537. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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