Big Bass Lake vs Dalton

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bass Lake and Dalton: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bass Lake and Dalton are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Bass Lake has the higher population (1,388 vs 1,381 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $54,785 in Big Bass Lake). Dalton has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $193,100 in Big Bass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
Population	1,388	1,381
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,785	$91,667
Median home value	$193,100	$247,900
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,567
Housing units	1,403	580
Homeownership rate	89.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	46.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
Population	1,099 → 1,388 (+26.3%)	1,284 → 1,381 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $54,785 (-3.8%)	$76,500 → $91,667 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $193,100 (+7.6%)	$204,200 → $247,900 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,022 (-24.6%)	$799 → $1,567 (+96.1%)

Big Bass Lake

Population

1,0991,388

Median household income

$56,944$54,785

Median home value

$179,500$193,100

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,022

Dalton

Population

1,2841,381

Median household income

$76,500$91,667

Median home value

$204,200$247,900

Median gross rent

$799$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
Under 5	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	22.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	17.0%
75 and over	10.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
Drove alone	83.1%	87.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
1-unit, detached	90.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Bass Lake	Dalton
Poverty rate	9.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1984	1957