Dryden vs Millers Lake

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

Dryden and Millers Lake 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 505 in Millers Lake). Dryden has the higher median household income ($68,199 vs $68,068 in Millers Lake). Millers Lake has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $202,100 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Millers Lake
Population	1,125	505
Median age	40.8 yrs	14.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,199	$68,068
Median home value	$202,100	$216,000
Median gross rent	$1,093	—
Housing units	411	319
Homeownership rate	73.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Millers Lake
Population	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)	656 → 505 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)	$58,600 → $68,068 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)	$160,600 → $216,000 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)	—

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

Millers Lake

Population

656505

Median household income

$58,600$68,068

Median home value

$160,600$216,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Millers Lake
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	56.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	26.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.9%	7.1%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Millers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Millers Lake
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	59.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Millers Lake
Drove alone	86.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	29.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Millers Lake
1-unit, detached	68.4%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	8.5%
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	Millers Lake
Poverty rate	4.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1990	1949