Dalton, Massachusetts.
Typical home $347,650 (+1.7% in a year). Pittsfield, MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,046 (+134%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,945 +2%
- $341,706$347,650 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,281 +32%
- $264,370$347,650 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Dalton$1,825
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Dalton, MA rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Dalton is a town of 6,330 people in Berkshire County. Half its households earn more than $79,438 a year and half less, against $76,013 across Berkshire County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Berkshire County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Dalton is a small Berkshire County town where most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little above the county's. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than you might expect. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild and warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and the building trades also employing many. Crane Currency, which makes paper products in its paper mills, is one of the largest workplaces in town, along with Central Berkshire Schools and Craneville Place at Dalton. The typical commute is moderate, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Wahconah Falls State Park lies in or beside town, a protected area good for a walk. A short drive away are the Housatonic River and Mount Greylock State Reservation, another protected area. For museums, the Berkshire Museum is a short drive away, and the Clark Art Institute is a longer drive.
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- 2,907households
- 44%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berkshire County had 57,806 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 58°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pittsfield Municipal Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dalton
- Crane CurrencyPaper products made in paper mills300
- Central Berkshire SchoolsSchool district244FTE
- Craneville Place at DaltonGroup homes for the disabled with nursing care139
- Laureyns UnitedConstruction93
- Sugar HillAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities66
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 598 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Berkshire County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berkshire County and the Pittsfield, MA metro.
Dalton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Dalton$347,650
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Dalton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Dalton19.78%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Dalton26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Dalton9
Zip codes with a Dalton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dalton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.