Centuria vs Dresser

A side-by-side comparison of Centuria and Dresser: population, income, housing, and more.

Centuria and Dresser are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dresser has the higher population (1,037 vs 897 in Centuria). Dresser has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $38,819 in Centuria). Dresser has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $120,800 in Centuria).

Population, income & housing

	Centuria	Dresser
Population	897	1,037
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,819	$78,906
Median home value	$120,800	$194,400
Median gross rent	$806	$1,024
Housing units	446	377
Homeownership rate	55.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centuria	Dresser
Population	803 → 897 (+11.7%)	1,004 → 1,037 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$43,264 → $38,819 (-10.3%)	$60,093 → $78,906 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $120,800 (+27.4%)	$133,100 → $194,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $806 (+25.3%)	$879 → $1,024 (+16.5%)

Centuria

Population

803897

Median household income

$43,264$38,819

Median home value

$94,800$120,800

Median gross rent

$643$806

Dresser

Population

1,0041,037

Median household income

$60,093$78,906

Median home value

$133,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centuria	Dresser
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	19.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	21.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.1%
75 and over	3.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centuria	Dresser
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centuria	Dresser
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	56.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centuria	Dresser
Drove alone	89.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centuria	Dresser
1-unit, detached	55.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Centuria	Dresser
Poverty rate	21.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1978	1973