Dresden vs New Concord

A side-by-side comparison of Dresden and New Concord: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Concord has the higher population (2,623 vs 1,805 in Dresden). New Concord has the higher median household income ($72,120 vs $62,546 in Dresden). New Concord has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $135,400 in Dresden).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	New Concord
Population	1,805	2,623
Median age	38.9 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,546	$72,120
Median home value	$135,400	$194,400
Median gross rent	$886	$824
Housing units	728	721
Homeownership rate	66.1%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	New Concord
Population	1,810 → 1,805 (-0.3%)	2,576 → 2,623 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$40,057 → $62,546 (+56.1%)	$56,406 → $72,120 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $135,400 (+44.0%)	$146,500 → $194,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $886 (+43.6%)	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)

Dresden

Population

1,8101,805

Median household income

$40,057$62,546

Median home value

$94,000$135,400

Median gross rent

$617$886

New Concord

Population

2,5762,623

Median household income

$56,406$72,120

Median home value

$146,500$194,400

Median gross rent

$694$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	New Concord
Under 5	4.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	42.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	18.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	6.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	New Concord
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	New Concord
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	47.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	New Concord
Drove alone	82.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	New Concord
1-unit, detached	70.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	New Concord
Poverty rate	10.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1973	1959