Dresden vs Zanesville

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

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

Zanesville has the higher population (24,726 vs 1,805 in Dresden). Dresden has the higher median household income ($62,546 vs $39,085 in Zanesville). Dresden has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $106,900 in Zanesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Zanesville
Population	1,805	24,726
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,546	$39,085
Median home value	$135,400	$106,900
Median gross rent	$886	$812
Housing units	728	12,139
Homeownership rate	66.1%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Zanesville
Population	1,810 → 1,805 (-0.3%)	25,200 → 24,726 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$40,057 → $62,546 (+56.1%)	$30,345 → $39,085 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $135,400 (+44.0%)	$79,600 → $106,900 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $886 (+43.6%)	$718 → $812 (+13.1%)

Dresden

Population

1,8101,805

Median household income

$40,057$62,546

Median home value

$94,000$135,400

Median gross rent

$617$886

Zanesville

Population

25,20024,726

Median household income

$30,345$39,085

Median home value

$79,600$106,900

Median gross rent

$718$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Zanesville
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.9%
75 and over	6.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Zanesville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Zanesville
No high school diploma	8.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	47.5%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Zanesville
Drove alone	82.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Zanesville
1-unit, detached	70.2%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Zanesville
Poverty rate	10.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1973	1951