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Whitfield County sits in northwest Georgia, home to Dalton. More than 80% of US tufted carpet is made within 100 miles of Dalton. The median list price was $298,000 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). The median home value is $218,000 (Census, 2020-2024).
Whitfield County was carved out of Murray County in 1851. It is named for Rev. George Whitefield, and Dalton has been the county seat from the start. Dalton began in 1837 as Cross Plains, a crossroads trade village. It took its name from Mary Dalton White. Dalton is 80 miles north of Atlanta and 30 miles south of Chattanooga. Tunnel Hill lies northwest of Dalton along US 41. Its railroad tunnel opened in 1850 and runs 1,447 feet. It was the first railroad tunnel completed south of the Mason-Dixon line. Trains used it until a larger tunnel replaced it in 1928.
The median list price was $298,000, down 6.1% from September 2025 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). Buyers had 363 active listings to choose from that month. Listings spent a median of 66 days on market, unchanged from a year earlier. About 28% of listings had a price reduction. The median value of owner-occupied homes is $218,000 (Census, 2020-2024). List price and home value measure different things. About 67.0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied (Census, 2020-2024). Median household income is $67,070 over the same period.
The county had 106,212 residents in July 2025, up 3.2% since April 2020 (Census). Manufacturing employs 34.1% of working residents (Census ACS, 2020-2024). Shaw Industries is headquartered in Dalton and has about 18,000 associates worldwide. In 2022, Qcells announced a $171 million solar module plant in Dalton with 470 new jobs. Its existing Dalton plant already had more than 750 employees then. About 37.2% of residents are Hispanic or Latino. Whitfield County Schools serves more than 11,000 students in 24 schools. Dalton Public Schools had 7,675 students in 10 schools in 2022-23.
More than 80% of US tufted carpet is made within 100 miles of Dalton (Georgia Encyclopedia).
Median list price is $298,000, down 6.1% from Sept 2025 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). The median home value is $218,000 (Census, 2020-2024).
Dalton is 80 miles north of Atlanta and 30 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee (Georgia Encyclopedia).
About 37.2% of residents are Hispanic or Latino (Census ACS, 2020-2024). Manufacturing employs 34.1% of working residents.
Explore the Area
The county seat since the county formed in 1851. It began as Cross Plains, a crossroads trade village, and was renamed for Mary Dalton White.
A small town northwest of Dalton, linked by US 41, with 963 residents (2020 census). It is home to the 1850 Western & Atlantic railroad tunnel.
One of the county's smaller communities outside Dalton. Ask a local agent about current listings and price ranges here.
The median list price was $298,000, down 6.1% from a year earlier (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). The median value of owner-occupied homes is $218,000 (Census, 2020-2024). They measure different things: asking prices on current listings versus owners' estimates of what their homes are worth.
Listings spent a median of 66 days on market, unchanged from a year earlier (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). There were 363 active listings, and 28% had a price reduction.
Shaw Industries, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is headquartered in Dalton. It has about 18,000 associates worldwide. Mohawk Industries is headquartered in Calhoun, in Gordon County, not in Whitfield.
The mean travel time to work is 21.8 minutes (Census ACS, 2020-2024). Atlanta is 80 miles south and Chattanooga is 30 miles north of Dalton.
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