Dresser vs Frederic

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

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

Frederic has the higher population (1,148 vs 1,037 in Dresser). Dresser has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $51,765 in Frederic). Dresser has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $144,900 in Frederic).

Population, income & housing

	Dresser	Frederic
Population	1,037	1,148
Median age	35.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,906	$51,765
Median home value	$194,400	$144,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$836
Housing units	377	499
Homeownership rate	79.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresser	Frederic
Population	1,004 → 1,037 (+3.3%)	1,099 → 1,148 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$60,093 → $78,906 (+31.3%)	$37,411 → $51,765 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$133,100 → $194,400 (+46.1%)	$101,800 → $144,900 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,024 (+16.5%)	$635 → $836 (+31.7%)

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

Frederic

Population

1,0991,148

Median household income

$37,411$51,765

Median home value

$101,800$144,900

Median gross rent

$635$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresser	Frederic
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	19.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.1%
75 and over	4.8%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresser	Frederic
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresser	Frederic
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresser	Frederic
Drove alone	74.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresser	Frederic
1-unit, detached	77.7%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dresser	Frederic
Poverty rate	6.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1973	1966