Dryden vs North Branch

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

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

North Branch has the higher population (1,199 vs 1,125 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($68,199 vs $42,500 in North Branch). Dryden has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $121,400 in North Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	North Branch
Population	1,125	1,199
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,199	$42,500
Median home value	$202,100	$121,400
Median gross rent	$1,093	$797
Housing units	411	536
Homeownership rate	73.1%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	North Branch
Population	1,212 → 1,125 (-7.2%)	1,038 → 1,199 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$66,141 → $68,199 (+3.1%)	$35,341 → $42,500 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $202,100 (+43.8%)	$77,800 → $121,400 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,093 (+13.9%)	$732 → $797 (+8.9%)

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

North Branch

Population

1,0381,199

Median household income

$35,341$42,500

Median home value

$77,800$121,400

Median gross rent

$732$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	North Branch
Under 5	5.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.9%	11.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	North Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	North Branch
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	North Branch
Drove alone	86.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	6.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	North Branch
1-unit, detached	68.4%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	North Branch
Poverty rate	4.9%	24.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1990	1958