Dresden vs Pleasant Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Dresden and Pleasant Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dresden has the higher population (1,805 vs 1,384 in Pleasant Grove). Dresden has the higher median household income ($62,546 vs $52,750 in Pleasant Grove). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $135,400 in Dresden).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
Population	1,805	1,384
Median age	38.9 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,546	$52,750
Median home value	$135,400	$163,200
Median gross rent	$886	$546
Housing units	728	825
Homeownership rate	66.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
Population	1,810 → 1,805 (-0.3%)	1,537 → 1,384 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$40,057 → $62,546 (+56.1%)	$68,061 → $52,750 (-22.5%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $135,400 (+44.0%)	$138,300 → $163,200 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $886 (+43.6%)	$813 → $546 (-32.8%)

Dresden

Population

1,8101,805

Median household income

$40,057$62,546

Median home value

$94,000$135,400

Median gross rent

$617$886

Pleasant Grove

Population

1,5371,384

Median household income

$68,061$52,750

Median home value

$138,300$163,200

Median gross rent

$813$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
Under 5	4.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	18.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	21.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	34.4%
75 and over	6.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
Drove alone	82.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
1-unit, detached	70.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Pleasant Grove
Poverty rate	10.7%	19.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1973	1975