Melbourne vs Pineville

A side-by-side comparison of Melbourne and Pineville: population, income, housing, and more.

Melbourne and Pineville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melbourne has the higher population (2,227 vs 245 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median household income ($34,464 vs $34,303 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $85,000 in Pineville).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Pineville
Population	2,227	245
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,303	$34,464
Median home value	$203,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$620	—
Housing units	1,001	103
Homeownership rate	55.1%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Pineville
Population	2,002 → 2,227 (+11.2%)	175 → 245 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$43,045 → $34,303 (-20.3%)	$27,750 → $34,464 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $203,000 (+155.0%)	$75,800 → $85,000 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $620 (+20.6%)	$663 → $533 (-19.6%)

Melbourne

Population

2,0022,227

Median household income

$43,045$34,303

Median home value

$79,600$203,000

Median gross rent

$514$620

Pineville

Population

175245

Median household income

$27,750$34,464

Median home value

$75,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$663$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	Pineville
Under 5	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	2.4%
75 and over	8.1%	24.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Pineville
No high school diploma	14.4%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Pineville
Drove alone	81.3%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Pineville
1-unit, detached	79.9%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	35.9%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Pineville
Poverty rate	36.4%	26.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1990