Dalton City vs Lovington

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

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

Lovington has the higher population (1,120 vs 686 in Dalton City). Dalton City has the higher median household income ($69,231 vs $54,394 in Lovington). Dalton City has the higher median home value ($99,200 vs $90,400 in Lovington).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton City	Lovington
Population	686	1,120
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,231	$54,394
Median home value	$99,200	$90,400
Median gross rent	$640	$748
Housing units	330	540
Homeownership rate	71.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton City	Lovington
Population	434 → 686 (+58.1%)	1,202 → 1,120 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$62,292 → $69,231 (+11.1%)	$45,526 → $54,394 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $99,200 (+6.1%)	$73,300 → $90,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $640 (+21.0%)	$534 → $748 (+40.1%)

Dalton City

Population

434686

Median household income

$62,292$69,231

Median home value

$93,500$99,200

Median gross rent

$529$640

Lovington

Population

1,2021,120

Median household income

$45,526$54,394

Median home value

$73,300$90,400

Median gross rent

$534$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton City	Lovington
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	18.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.7%
75 and over	1.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton City	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.2%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton City	Lovington
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton City	Lovington
Drove alone	91.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton City	Lovington
1-unit, detached	86.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Dalton City	Lovington
Poverty rate	23.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1956	1956