Dresden vs Sharon

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

Dresden and Sharon 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 1,105 in Sharon). Dresden has the higher median household income ($50,998 vs $33,385 in Sharon). Dresden has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $95,900 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Dresden	Sharon
Population	2,974	1,105
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,998	$33,385
Median home value	$104,200	$95,900
Median gross rent	$731	$618
Housing units	1,537	575
Homeownership rate	64.9%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresden	Sharon
Population	2,940 → 2,974 (+1.2%)	1,067 → 1,105 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $50,998 (+18.3%)	$34,583 → $33,385 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $104,200 (+26.2%)	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $731 (+19.4%)	$537 → $618 (+15.1%)

Dresden

Population

2,9402,974

Median household income

$43,125$50,998

Median home value

$82,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$612$731

Sharon

Population

1,0671,105

Median household income

$34,583$33,385

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$537$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresden	Sharon
Under 5	6.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	14.7%
75 and over	10.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresden	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.4%
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%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresden	Sharon
No high school diploma	12.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	58.2%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresden	Sharon
Drove alone	91.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresden	Sharon
1-unit, detached	80.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dresden	Sharon
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1967	1967