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Who lives in Dalton Gardens: big lots, long-settled neighbors, pricey homes
Dalton Gardens has the priciest homes and the fewest households with kids of any city we cover. Many neighbors have been in the same house for decades.
Dalton Gardens · November 5, 2026
How Dalton Gardens didn't grow: the orchard town that kept its one-acre lots
Hayden grew more than thirteenfold since 1970, based on 2025 population estimates. Dalton Gardens, right next door, grew about 60%. Here's how a town of acre lots and septic tanks stayed small while the county boomed around it.
Dalton Gardens · November 5, 2026

2,496people, July 2025 estimate (down 1.5% since 2020)

$80,000median household income

$803,600median home value

$856median rent, with utilities

51.9median age

70.7%of homes are owned, not rented

33%of adults 25 and up have a four-year degree or more

4.6%of people live below the poverty line

9.1%of adults are veterans

5.9%of workers commute 45 minutes or more

1,068households

1,183homes of all kinds

This is a small town, so the survey numbers carry a wide margin of error.

Sources: people count from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, July 1, 2025. Income, homes, age, schooling, poverty, veterans and commutes from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, read through Census Reporter. Bridges from the Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Water from the U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, read November 10, 2026.