Dresden vs Oberlin

A side-by-side comparison of Dresden and Oberlin: population, income, housing, and more.

Dresden and Oberlin are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oberlin has the higher population (1,763 vs 49 in Dresden). Oberlin has the higher median household income ($47,813 vs $31,750 in Dresden). Oberlin has the higher median home value ($77,400 vs $65,000 in Dresden).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Oberlin
Population	49	1,763
Median age	54.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,750	$47,813
Median home value	$65,000	$77,400
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	34	1,021
Homeownership rate	95.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Oberlin
Population	42 → 49 (+16.7%)	1,622 → 1,763 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$25,625 → $31,750 (+23.9%)	$38,438 → $47,813 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $65,000 (-3.7%)	$64,600 → $77,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)

Dresden

Population

4249

Median household income

$25,625$31,750

Median home value

$67,500$65,000

Oberlin

Population

1,6221,763

Median household income

$38,438$47,813

Median home value

$64,600$77,400

Median gross rent

$656$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Oberlin
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	28.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	0.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	20.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.2%
75 and over	10.2%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	14.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Oberlin
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Oberlin
Drove alone	72.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	27.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Oberlin
Poverty rate	7.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.13	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1938	1955