Cohutta vs Dalton

A side-by-side comparison of Cohutta and Dalton: population, income, housing, and more.

Cohutta and Dalton are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dalton has the higher population (34,402 vs 1,018 in Cohutta). Cohutta has the higher median household income ($73,894 vs $61,236 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $200,500 in Cohutta).

Population, income & housing

	Cohutta	Dalton
Population	1,018	34,402
Median age	32.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,894	$61,236
Median home value	$200,500	$203,100
Median gross rent	$863	$924
Housing units	367	12,969
Homeownership rate	78.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohutta	Dalton
Population	566 → 1,018 (+79.9%)	33,571 → 34,402 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,894 (+25.8%)	$44,696 → $61,236 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $200,500 (+54.1%)	$146,300 → $203,100 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $863 (+55.2%)	$699 → $924 (+32.2%)

Cohutta

Population

5661,018

Median household income

$58,750$73,894

Median home value

$130,100$200,500

Median gross rent

$556$863

Dalton

Population

33,57134,402

Median household income

$44,696$61,236

Median home value

$146,300$203,100

Median gross rent

$699$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohutta	Dalton
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.7%
75 and over	3.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohutta	Dalton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	36.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	53.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohutta	Dalton
No high school diploma	15.1%	29.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohutta	Dalton
Drove alone	82.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohutta	Dalton
1-unit, detached	74.7%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	17.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cohutta	Dalton
Poverty rate	2.6%	17.3%
Average household size	3.06	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1992	1983