Dalton vs Tunnel Hill

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

Dalton and Tunnel Hill 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 1,122 in Tunnel Hill). Tunnel Hill has the higher median household income ($61,964 vs $61,236 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $183,700 in Tunnel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
Population	34,402	1,122
Median age	33.6 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,236	$61,964
Median home value	$203,100	$183,700
Median gross rent	$924	$1,014
Housing units	12,969	429
Homeownership rate	53.7%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
Population	33,571 → 34,402 (+2.5%)	1,435 → 1,122 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$44,696 → $61,236 (+37.0%)	$55,294 → $61,964 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $203,100 (+38.8%)	$128,800 → $183,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $924 (+32.2%)	$785 → $1,014 (+29.2%)

Dalton

Population

33,57134,402

Median household income

$44,696$61,236

Median home value

$146,300$203,100

Median gross rent

$699$924

Tunnel Hill

Population

1,4351,122

Median household income

$55,294$61,964

Median home value

$128,800$183,700

Median gross rent

$785$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	15.1%
75 and over	6.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	5.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
No high school diploma	29.7%	24.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
Drove alone	78.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
1-unit, detached	51.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Tunnel Hill
Poverty rate	17.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1983	1970