Dryden vs Imlay City

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

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

Imlay City has the higher population (3,706 vs 1,125 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($68,199 vs $55,061 in Imlay City). Dryden has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $137,800 in Imlay City).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Imlay City
Population	1,125	3,706
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,199	$55,061
Median home value	$202,100	$137,800
Median gross rent	$1,093	$764
Housing units	411	1,834
Homeownership rate	73.1%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Imlay City
Population	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)	3,568 → 3,706 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)	$34,390 → $55,061 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)	$113,300 → $137,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)	$707 → $764 (+8.1%)

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

Imlay City

Population

3,5683,706

Median household income

$34,390$55,061

Median home value

$113,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$707$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Imlay City
Under 5	5.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Imlay City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	52.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Imlay City
No high school diploma	8.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Imlay City
Drove alone	86.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	18.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.9%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Imlay City
1-unit, detached	68.4%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Imlay City
Poverty rate	4.9%	25.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1990	1973