About Dresher

Dresher is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,360 people and just one neighborhood, Dresher is the 329th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Dresher is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.66% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dresher is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dresher who work in sales jobs (14.77%), management occupations (14.70%), and teaching (11.53%).

Also of interest is that Dresher has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Dresher is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Dresher is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Dresher a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Dresher has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Dresher's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Dresher is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Dresher Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Dresher. 67.70% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dresher in 2000 was $38,865, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,460 for a family of four. However, Dresher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dresher is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dresher home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dresher is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dresher include Russian, Irish, German, Italian, English, Eastern European, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Dresher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.