Dresden vs North Zanesville

A side-by-side comparison of Dresden and North Zanesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Zanesville has the higher population (2,836 vs 1,805 in Dresden). North Zanesville has the higher median household income ($104,725 vs $62,546 in Dresden). North Zanesville has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $135,400 in Dresden).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	North Zanesville
Population	1,805	2,836
Median age	38.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,546	$104,725
Median home value	$135,400	$235,500
Median gross rent	$886	$961
Housing units	728	1,344
Homeownership rate	66.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	North Zanesville
Population	1,810 → 1,805 (-0.3%)	2,423 → 2,836 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$40,057 → $62,546 (+56.1%)	$66,563 → $104,725 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $135,400 (+44.0%)	$162,600 → $235,500 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $886 (+43.6%)	$597 → $961 (+61.0%)

Dresden

Population

1,8101,805

Median household income

$40,057$62,546

Median home value

$94,000$135,400

Median gross rent

$617$886

North Zanesville

Population

2,4232,836

Median household income

$66,563$104,725

Median home value

$162,600$235,500

Median gross rent

$597$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	North Zanesville
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.0%
75 and over	6.8%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	North Zanesville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	North Zanesville
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	47.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	North Zanesville
Drove alone	82.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	North Zanesville
1-unit, detached	70.2%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	North Zanesville
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1973	1974