Dresden vs Palmersville

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

Dresden and Palmersville 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 136 in Palmersville). Dresden has the higher median household income ($50,998 vs $44,097 in Palmersville). Dresden has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $103,100 in Palmersville).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Palmersville
Population	2,974	136
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,998	$44,097
Median home value	$104,200	$103,100
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	1,537	64
Homeownership rate	64.9%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Palmersville
Population	2,940 → 2,974 (+1.2%)	107 → 136 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $50,998 (+18.3%)	$39,766 → $44,097 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $104,200 (+26.2%)	$65,000 → $103,100 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $731 (+19.4%)	—

Dresden

Population

2,9402,974

Median household income

$43,125$50,998

Median home value

$82,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$612$731

Palmersville

Population

107136

Median household income

$39,766$44,097

Median home value

$65,000$103,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Palmersville
Under 5	6.3%	22.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	4.4%
75 and over	10.5%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Palmersville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Palmersville
No high school diploma	12.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	58.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Palmersville
Drove alone	91.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	19.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Palmersville
1-unit, detached	80.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Palmersville
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1967	1970