Dryden vs Lapeer

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

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

Lapeer has the higher population (9,053 vs 1,125 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($68,199 vs $53,038 in Lapeer). Dryden has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $165,300 in Lapeer).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Lapeer
Population	1,125	9,053
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,199	$53,038
Median home value	$202,100	$165,300
Median gross rent	$1,093	$947
Housing units	411	3,880
Homeownership rate	73.1%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Lapeer
Population	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)	8,676 → 9,053 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)	$39,202 → $53,038 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)	$111,900 → $165,300 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)	$750 → $947 (+26.3%)

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

Lapeer

Population

8,6769,053

Median household income

$39,202$53,038

Median home value

$111,900$165,300

Median gross rent

$750$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Lapeer
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Lapeer
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Lapeer
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Lapeer
Drove alone	86.2%	71.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	6.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Lapeer
1-unit, detached	68.4%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Lapeer
Poverty rate	4.9%	21.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1990	1975