Dalton vs Lakeville

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

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

Lakeville has the higher population (511 vs 348 in Dalton). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($90,716 vs $71,250 in Dalton). Since 2019, Dalton's population has grown faster (-5.2% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Lakeville
Population	348	511
Median age	44.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$90,716
Median home value	$90,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	240	341
Homeownership rate	94.4%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	43.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Lakeville
Population	367 → 348 (-5.2%)	800 → 511 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$66,154 → $71,250 (+7.7%)	$48,750 → $90,716 (+86.1%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $90,800 (+12.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$808 → $889 (+10.0%)

Dalton

Population

367348

Median household income

$66,154$71,250

Median home value

$80,600$90,800

Lakeville

Population

800511

Median household income

$48,750$90,716

Median gross rent

$808$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Lakeville
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	6.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	29.4%
25 to 34	21.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	17.4%
55 to 64	24.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	3.7%
75 and over	12.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	89.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Lakeville
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	52.4%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Lakeville
Drove alone	92.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	98.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Lakeville
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.4%
Average household size	1.62	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1938	1966