Clayton vs Dresser

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

Clayton 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 343 in Clayton). Dresser has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $49,306 in Clayton). Dresser has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $122,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Dresser
Population	343	1,037
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,306	$78,906
Median home value	$122,300	$194,400
Median gross rent	$793	$1,024
Housing units	163	377
Homeownership rate	63.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Dresser
Population	424 → 343 (-19.1%)	1,004 → 1,037 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $49,306 (+16.0%)	$60,093 → $78,906 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $122,300 (+8.2%)	$133,100 → $194,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $793 (-1.6%)	$879 → $1,024 (+16.5%)

Clayton

Population

424343

Median household income

$42,500$49,306

Median home value

$113,000$122,300

Median gross rent

$806$793

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)

	Clayton	Dresser
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	25.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.1%
75 and over	2.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Dresser
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	6.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Dresser
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Dresser
Drove alone	87.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Clayton	Dresser
1-unit, detached	60.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Dresser
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1976	1973