Town pages · Dalton, Massachusetts

Dalton, Massachusetts, by the numbers

Every town has a story its public records already tell. This is Dalton's: 1,989 single-family homes, read the way an investor would read them.

01The housing stock: what Dalton is made of

1,989
single-family homes, of 2,783 parcels in town
29.4%
predate 1940, versus 24.5% statewide
40.9%
stand two stories or more
Dalton single-family homes by era builtPre-190010.7%1900-3918.7%1940-5931.3%1960-7917.3%1980-9917.2%2000+4.8%

Dalton is a postwar town: 48.6% of its single-family homes went up between 1940 and 1979, the Capes, Ranches and Colonials of the commuter boom. Renovating here mostly means renovating the postwar playbook.

The median home here is 1,815 square feet with 6 rooms, larger than the state's 1,709. The most common styles: 590 Ranchs, 429 Old Styles, 400 Colonials.

Public records · Dalton, MA · FY2026
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Which chapter of Dalton's story is your house? In the app, your exact parcel carries its year, style and size, and how it compares to the street around it.

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02What homes are worth here

$315,500
median assessed value, FY2026 tax cycle; not a market price
$225,000
median recorded single-family sale, 2021-2022 window (80 sales)
$140/sf
median assessed building value per square foot of living area
Dalton recorded residential sales per year201550201666201771201862201976202092202196202268

Different numbers describe a home here on purpose. The assessment is the town's tax-cycle figure. The recorded sale is what buyers actually paid, shown for a window where the record is complete; the most recent years are still filling in as deeds record. Town numbers frame the market. They cannot price your house.

Public records · Dalton, MA · FY2026
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The app adds the number that matters for your address: a modeled estimate shown as a dated range, sitting beside your assessment and your home's last recorded sale.

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03The land under it all

0.36 ac
the median single-family lot, tighter than the state's 0.389
25.2%
of lots are under a quarter acre
11
zoning districts govern what each lot can become

Zoning draws an invisible buildable envelope on every parcel: setbacks, coverage and height rules that decide what an addition, a second story or an accessory unit can be. Parts of many towns also sit inside wetland buffers and flood zones, where soil-disturbing projects get extra review before permits move.

Public records · Dalton, MA · FY2026
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Dalton is mapped parcel by parcel in ZoneWiew: type your address and see your lot's buildable envelope in 2D and 3D, with wetland and flood no-build lines drawn in red.

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04What projects mean in a town like this

In a postwar town, projects mostly mean upgrading the boom-era playbook. These guides carry real statewide housing data behind every project:

The town is the context. Your address is the answer.

Wiew carries this picture down to the parcel: your lot's envelope, your home's value as a dated range, what it could become and earn. Dalton is live in the app.

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Figures are computed from the public record's FY2026 assessment cycle and recorded deeds. Assessed values are tax-cycle figures, not market prices; recent-year sale volumes are still filling in as deeds record. Educational information, not an appraisal or legal advice.