Dresden vs Gleason

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

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

Dresden has the higher population (2,974 vs 1,179 in Gleason). Gleason has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $50,998 in Dresden). Dresden has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $83,700 in Gleason).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Gleason
Population	2,974	1,179
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,998	$58,906
Median home value	$104,200	$83,700
Median gross rent	$731	$668
Housing units	1,537	573
Homeownership rate	64.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Gleason
Population	2,940 → 2,974 (+1.2%)	1,464 → 1,179 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $50,998 (+18.3%)	$41,923 → $58,906 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $104,200 (+26.2%)	$68,400 → $83,700 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $731 (+19.4%)	$646 → $668 (+3.4%)

Dresden

Population

2,9402,974

Median household income

$43,125$50,998

Median home value

$82,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$612$731

Gleason

Population

1,4641,179

Median household income

$41,923$58,906

Median home value

$68,400$83,700

Median gross rent

$646$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Gleason
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	8.6%
75 and over	10.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Gleason
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Gleason
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	58.2%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Gleason
Drove alone	91.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Gleason
1-unit, detached	80.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Gleason
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1967	1967