Dryden vs Metamora

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

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

Dryden has the higher population (1,125 vs 761 in Metamora). Metamora has the higher median household income ($84,453 vs $68,199 in Dryden). Metamora has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $202,100 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Metamora
Population	1,125	761
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,199	$84,453
Median home value	$202,100	$264,500
Median gross rent	$1,093	$988
Housing units	411	269
Homeownership rate	73.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Metamora
Population	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)	534 → 761 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)	$55,000 → $84,453 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)	$162,500 → $264,500 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)	$940 → $988 (+5.1%)

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

Metamora

Population

534761

Median household income

$55,000$84,453

Median home value

$162,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$940$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Metamora
Under 5	5.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	23.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	20.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	16.9%	5.5%
75 and over	5.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Metamora
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Metamora
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Metamora
Drove alone	86.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Metamora
1-unit, detached	68.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Metamora
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1990	1982