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Dalton, GA Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Dalton, GA Housing Market Trends

With 34,366 people, 11,960 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $238,542, house prices in Dalton are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Dalton, accounting for 48.73% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Dalton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 25.93%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.07%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 7.87%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Dalton are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 51.35% owning and 48.65% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Dalton built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Dalton built between 1940-1969 ( 25.09%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 22.02%). There's also some housing in Dalton built before 1939 ( 4.53%).

Dalton Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Dalton have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 101.70%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Dalton house appreciation rate of 7.27%.

Over the last year, Dalton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Dalton's appreciation rate has been 3.79%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Dalton were at 3.39%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 14.27%.

Importantly, this makes Dalton one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Georgia, our data show that Dalton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Georgia.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Dalton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Dalton - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Dalton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$238,542

Dalton, GA Home Prices
> $1,410,000
$1,057,001 - $1,410,000
$705,001 - $1,057,000
$564,001 - $705,000
$423,001 - $564,000
$282,001 - $423,000
$141,001 - $282,000
$70,001 - $141,000
$0 - $70,000
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
2.5%
2.5%
3.5%
3.5%
5.7%
5.7%
21.9%
21.9%
42.0%
42.0%
17.3%
17.3%
5.4%
5.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for Georgia

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

11,960

Dalton Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,340 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
51.3%
51.3%
48.7%
48.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
9.6%
9.6%
90.4%
90.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
22.0%
22.0%
48.4%
48.4%
25.1%
25.1%
4.5%
4.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
48.7%
48.7%
7.9%
7.9%
16.1%
16.1%
25.9%
25.9%
1.4%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
4.9%
4.9%
7.4%
7.4%
33.2%
33.2%
38.9%
38.9%
13.0%
13.0%
2.7%
2.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes