Dalton vs Deer Creek

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

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

Deer Creek has the higher population (273 vs 266 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median household income ($66,094 vs $55,000 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($123,100 vs $104,500 in Dalton).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Deer Creek
Population	266	273
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,094	$55,000
Median home value	$104,500	$123,100
Median gross rent	$738	$388
Housing units	141	144
Homeownership rate	88.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Deer Creek
Population	308 → 266 (-13.6%)	227 → 273 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $66,094 (+45.9%)	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $104,500 (+73.0%)	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $738 (+31.1%)	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)

Dalton

Population

308266

Median household income

$45,313$66,094

Median home value

$60,400$104,500

Median gross rent

$563$738

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Deer Creek
Under 5	7.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	30.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.0%
75 and over	5.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Deer Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Deer Creek
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	52.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Deer Creek
Drove alone	83.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Deer Creek
1-unit, detached	82.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Deer Creek
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1962	1962