Dalton vs Ottertail

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

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

Ottertail has the higher population (490 vs 266 in Dalton). Ottertail has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $66,094 in Dalton). Ottertail has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $104,500 in Dalton).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Ottertail
Population	266	490
Median age	31.0 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,094	$83,750
Median home value	$104,500	$262,500
Median gross rent	$738	$1,047
Housing units	141	396
Homeownership rate	88.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Ottertail
Population	308 → 266 (-13.6%)	575 → 490 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $66,094 (+45.9%)	$66,875 → $83,750 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $104,500 (+73.0%)	$182,100 → $262,500 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $738 (+31.1%)	$856 → $1,047 (+22.3%)

Dalton

Population

308266

Median household income

$45,313$66,094

Median home value

$60,400$104,500

Median gross rent

$563$738

Ottertail

Population

575490

Median household income

$66,875$83,750

Median home value

$182,100$262,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Ottertail
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	30.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	22.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Ottertail
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Ottertail
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	52.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Ottertail
Drove alone	83.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Ottertail
1-unit, detached	82.3%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Ottertail
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1962	1996