Ohio · Census place 3919974

Dalton, Ohio

Dalton is a village in Wayne County, Ohio with an estimated 1,927 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 402nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,927; #402 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020: -0.2%; -3 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,154 / sq mi; State median 2,000

Orange pin: Dalton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Dalton population, 2020 to 2024

Dalton lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,929. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dalton covers 1.67 square miles of land, for 1,154 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Dalton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dalton is in

All of Dalton's residents live in Wayne County, which had 116,632 residents in 2024. Dalton holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dalton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dalton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 44618. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dalton is

The Census internal point of Dalton is at 40.799600, -81.703700. Columbus, the capital, is 89.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Orrville, OH (8,442 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 21.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.799600, -81.703700
DMS: 40°47'58.56"N 81°42'13.32"W
UTM: 17N 440638.6E 4516749.3N
Geohash: dpmbhg34v
Plus code: 86GWQ7XW+RG

Daylight in Dalton

At 40.80° N, Dalton gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dalton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Orrville, 5.1 miles away, with 8,442 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dalton, OH?

1,927 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.2%) from 1,930 in July 2020.

What county is Dalton in?

Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dalton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44618.

How far is Dalton from Columbus?

89.5 miles (144.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Dalton.

What is the nearest larger city to Dalton?

Orrville, OH, with 8,442 residents, 5.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.