Dresser vs Lewis

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

Dresser and Lewis 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 176 in Lewis). Lewis has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $78,906 in Dresser). Dresser has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $179,500 in Lewis).

Population, income & housing

	Dresser	Lewis
Population	1,037	176
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,906	$123,750
Median home value	$194,400	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	377	106
Homeownership rate	79.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dresser	Lewis
Population	1,004 → 1,037 (+3.3%)	154 → 176 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$60,093 → $78,906 (+31.3%)	$31,875 → $123,750 (+288.2%)
Median home value	$133,100 → $194,400 (+46.1%)	$83,300 → $179,500 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,024 (+16.5%)	$1,014 → $1,025 (+1.1%)

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

Lewis

Population

154176

Median household income

$31,875$123,750

Median home value

$83,300$179,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dresser	Lewis
Under 5	6.5%	14.8%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	19.1%	18.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dresser	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dresser	Lewis
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dresser	Lewis
Drove alone	74.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dresser	Lewis
1-unit, detached	77.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Dresser	Lewis
Poverty rate	6.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1973	1962