Dalton vs Wooster

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

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

Wooster has the higher population (27,012 vs 1,748 in Dalton). Wooster has the higher median household income ($65,888 vs $60,938 in Dalton). Wooster has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $179,800 in Dalton).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Wooster
Population	1,748	27,012
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$65,888
Median home value	$179,800	$198,400
Median gross rent	$827	$882
Housing units	781	11,914
Homeownership rate	74.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Wooster
Population	1,637 → 1,748 (+6.8%)	26,673 → 27,012 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$53,393 → $60,938 (+14.1%)	$47,944 → $65,888 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $179,800 (+14.9%)	$143,100 → $198,400 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $827 (+20.6%)	$728 → $882 (+21.2%)

Dalton

Population

1,6371,748

Median household income

$53,393$60,938

Median home value

$156,500$179,800

Median gross rent

$686$827

Wooster

Population

26,67327,012

Median household income

$47,944$65,888

Median home value

$143,100$198,400

Median gross rent

$728$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Wooster
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	16.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	18.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Wooster
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Wooster
Drove alone	88.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Wooster
1-unit, detached	65.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	12.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Wooster
Poverty rate	3.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1984	1972