Dalton vs Sidney

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

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

Sidney has the higher population (6,396 vs 470 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $51,704 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $89,500 in Dalton).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Sidney
Population	470	6,396
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$51,704
Median home value	$89,500	$137,300
Median gross rent	$870	$914
Housing units	221	3,180
Homeownership rate	92.4%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Sidney
Population	330 → 470 (+42.4%)	6,572 → 6,396 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $65,000 (+27.3%)	$55,346 → $51,704 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $89,500 (+14.7%)	$111,000 → $137,300 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $870 (+7.0%)	$782 → $914 (+16.9%)

Dalton

Population

330470

Median household income

$51,042$65,000

Median home value

$78,000$89,500

Median gross rent

$813$870

Sidney

Population

6,5726,396

Median household income

$55,346$51,704

Median home value

$111,000$137,300

Median gross rent

$782$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Sidney
Under 5	9.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	20.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	5.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	19.6%	11.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Sidney
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	20.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Sidney
Drove alone	62.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	15.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Sidney
1-unit, detached	89.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Sidney
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	37	12
Median year structure built	1945	1959