Dresden vs Greenfield

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

Dresden and Greenfield 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 2,085 in Greenfield). Dresden has the higher median household income ($50,998 vs $41,798 in Greenfield). Dresden has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $88,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Greenfield
Population	2,974	2,085
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,998	$41,798
Median home value	$104,200	$88,400
Median gross rent	$731	$718
Housing units	1,537	990
Homeownership rate	64.9%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Greenfield
Population	2,940 → 2,974 (+1.2%)	2,336 → 2,085 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $50,998 (+18.3%)	$33,697 → $41,798 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $104,200 (+26.2%)	$73,100 → $88,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $731 (+19.4%)	$618 → $718 (+16.2%)

Dresden

Population

2,9402,974

Median household income

$43,125$50,998

Median home value

$82,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$612$731

Greenfield

Population

2,3362,085

Median household income

$33,697$41,798

Median home value

$73,100$88,400

Median gross rent

$618$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Greenfield
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.5%
75 and over	10.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Greenfield
No high school diploma	12.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	58.2%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Greenfield
Drove alone	91.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	80.9%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Greenfield
Poverty rate	9.7%	17.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1967	1965