Dryden vs South Lansing

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

Dryden and South Lansing are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dryden has the higher population (1,783 vs 1,233 in South Lansing). South Lansing has the higher median household income ($162,846 vs $51,920 in Dryden). South Lansing has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $211,700 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	South Lansing
Population	1,783	1,233
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,920	$162,846
Median home value	$211,700	$361,000
Median gross rent	$936	$1,363
Housing units	991	404
Homeownership rate	54.4%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	South Lansing
Population	2,144 → 1,783 (-16.8%)	944 → 1,233 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$58,833 → $51,920 (-11.8%)	$85,385 → $162,846 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $211,700 (+20.1%)	$289,500 → $361,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $936 (+23.3%)	$862 → $1,363 (+58.1%)

Dryden

Population

2,1441,783

Median household income

$58,833$51,920

Median home value

$176,300$211,700

Median gross rent

$759$936

South Lansing

Population

9441,233

Median household income

$85,385$162,846

Median home value

$289,500$361,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	South Lansing
Under 5	6.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	24.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.7%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	South Lansing
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	South Lansing
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	South Lansing
Drove alone	68.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	8.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	South Lansing
1-unit, detached	53.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	8.2%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	South Lansing
Poverty rate	20.2%	10.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1975	1987