Dalton City vs Lake City

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

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

Dalton City has the higher population (686 vs 103 in Lake City). Since 2019, Dalton City's population has grown faster (+58.1% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton City	Lake City
Population	686	103
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,231	—
Median home value	$99,200	—
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	330	53
Homeownership rate	71.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton City	Lake City
Population	434 → 686 (+58.1%)	107 → 103 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$62,292 → $69,231 (+11.1%)	$65,750 → $46,500 (-29.3%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $99,200 (+6.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$529 → $640 (+21.0%)	—

Dalton City

Population

434686

Median household income

$62,292$69,231

Median home value

$93,500$99,200

Median gross rent

$529$640

Lake City

Population

107103

Median household income

$65,750$46,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton City	Lake City
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	25.2%
35 to 44	18.7%	28.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	4.4%	21.4%
75 and over	1.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton City	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton City	Lake City
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton City	Lake City
Drove alone	91.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton City	Lake City
1-unit, detached	86.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dalton City	Lake City
Poverty rate	23.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1956	1989