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Dalton, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dalton, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,452. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet DALTON-PA · Dalton, PA 1 ZIPs · 5,452 pop · #5689/25278 · Lackawanna County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $93,065
  • RANK-UPPER #5689/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Clarks Summit
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,452
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $288,500

Nearest income peer: Clarks Summit, PA (+ $5,759 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Dalton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Dalton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Dalton, PA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,452
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,065
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,065 and home value $288,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Roxbury is the closest lower-income city and Willow Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Dalton.

Population concentration

Dalton reads through its lone ZIP, 18414

5,452 ACS residents, one ZIP: 18414 is not the leading code inside Dalton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Dalton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 103 establishments, 475 employees , annual payroll $21,173k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 18414 (103 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (22) · also Other services (except public administration) · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Dalton, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Lackawanna County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Dalton. See the Lackawanna County roll-up →

Dalton sits in the upper half of Lackawanna County on income: Scranton, Carbondale and Moscow report less, while Clarks Summit reports more. Scranton marks the far end of that range at $52,618, 43% below Dalton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
18414 5,452 $93,065 103 50
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Dalton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Dalton, .