Dryden vs Jonesville

A side-by-side comparison of Dryden and Jonesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dryden and Jonesville are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesville has the higher population (1,290 vs 545 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($49,750 vs $17,716 in Jonesville). Dryden has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $122,500 in Jonesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Jonesville
Population	545	1,290
Median age	36.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$17,716
Median home value	$127,000	$122,500
Median gross rent	—	$515
Housing units	438	686
Homeownership rate	73.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	26.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Jonesville
Population	1,174 → 545 (-53.6%)	1,100 → 1,290 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$45,671 → $49,750 (+8.9%)	$19,276 → $17,716 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $127,000 (+44.5%)	$103,100 → $122,500 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $583 (-7.0%)	$389 → $515 (+32.4%)

Dryden

Population

1,174545

Median household income

$45,671$49,750

Median home value

$87,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$627$583

Jonesville

Population

1,1001,290

Median household income

$19,276$17,716

Median home value

$103,100$122,500

Median gross rent

$389$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Jonesville
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	20.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	3.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	15.0%
75 and over	5.1%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Jonesville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Jonesville
No high school diploma	10.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Jonesville
Drove alone	87.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	20.9%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Jonesville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	24.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Jonesville
Poverty rate	22.2%	54.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1987	1979