Almont vs Dryden

A side-by-side comparison of Almont and Dryden: population, income, housing, and more.

Almont and Dryden are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Almont has the higher population (2,830 vs 1,125 in Dryden). Almont has the higher median household income ($81,511 vs $68,199 in Dryden). Almont has the higher median home value ($233,100 vs $202,100 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Almont	Dryden
Population	2,830	1,125
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,511	$68,199
Median home value	$233,100	$202,100
Median gross rent	$889	$1,093
Housing units	1,252	411
Homeownership rate	89.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almont	Dryden
Population	2,778 → 2,830 (+1.9%)	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$52,823 → $81,511 (+54.3%)	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $233,100 (+46.0%)	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $889 (+22.3%)	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)

Almont

Population

2,7782,830

Median household income

$52,823$81,511

Median home value

$159,700$233,100

Median gross rent

$727$889

Dryden

Population

1,2121,125

Median household income

$66,141$68,199

Median home value

$140,500$202,100

Median gross rent

$960$1,093

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almont	Dryden
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	16.9%
75 and over	3.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almont	Dryden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almont	Dryden
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almont	Dryden
Drove alone	76.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	2.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almont	Dryden
1-unit, detached	77.6%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Almont	Dryden
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1988	1990