Dryden vs Trumansburg

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

Dryden and Trumansburg 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 1,552 in Trumansburg). Trumansburg has the higher median household income ($71,316 vs $51,920 in Dryden). Trumansburg has the higher median home value ($271,300 vs $211,700 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Trumansburg
Population	1,783	1,552
Median age	45.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,920	$71,316
Median home value	$211,700	$271,300
Median gross rent	$936	$951
Housing units	991	889
Homeownership rate	54.4%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Trumansburg
Population	2,144 → 1,783 (-16.8%)	1,661 → 1,552 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$58,833 → $51,920 (-11.8%)	$57,778 → $71,316 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $211,700 (+20.1%)	$217,700 → $271,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $936 (+23.3%)	$1,009 → $951 (-5.7%)

Dryden

Population

2,1441,783

Median household income

$58,833$51,920

Median home value

$176,300$211,700

Median gross rent

$759$936

Trumansburg

Population

1,6611,552

Median household income

$57,778$71,316

Median home value

$217,700$271,300

Median gross rent

$1,009$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Trumansburg
Under 5	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	16.1%
75 and over	5.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Trumansburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Trumansburg
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	16.4%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Trumansburg
Drove alone	68.9%	57.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.8%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	18.9%
Other means	2.4%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Trumansburg
1-unit, detached	53.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Trumansburg
Poverty rate	20.2%	8.4%
Average household size	1.90	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1975	1952