Dresden vs Penn Yan

A side-by-side comparison of Dresden and Penn Yan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penn Yan has the higher population (4,800 vs 318 in Dresden). Dresden has the higher median household income ($68,571 vs $51,466 in Penn Yan). Penn Yan has the higher median home value ($143,000 vs $108,000 in Dresden).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Penn Yan
Population	318	4,800
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,571	$51,466
Median home value	$108,000	$143,000
Median gross rent	$913	$680
Housing units	124	2,339
Homeownership rate	78.3%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Penn Yan
Population	319 → 318 (-0.3%)	4,949 → 4,800 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $68,571 (+30.6%)	$41,944 → $51,466 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $108,000 (+10.8%)	$104,200 → $143,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $913 (+8.4%)	$797 → $680 (-14.7%)

Dresden

Population

319318

Median household income

$52,500$68,571

Median home value

$97,500$108,000

Median gross rent

$842$913

Penn Yan

Population

4,9494,800

Median household income

$41,944$51,466

Median home value

$104,200$143,000

Median gross rent

$797$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Penn Yan
Under 5	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	20.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	16.8%
55 to 64	6.6%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.7%
75 and over	7.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Penn Yan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Penn Yan
No high school diploma	12.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Penn Yan
Drove alone	73.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	22.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Penn Yan
1-unit, detached	83.9%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Penn Yan
Poverty rate	21.1%	13.5%
Average household size	3.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1938	1945