Melbourne vs West Melbourne

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

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

Melbourne has the higher population (85,718 vs 27,643 in West Melbourne). West Melbourne has the higher median household income ($90,521 vs $64,504 in Melbourne). West Melbourne has the higher median home value ($341,500 vs $272,900 in Melbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
Population	85,718	27,643
Median age	42.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	$90,521
Median home value	$272,900	$341,500
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,801
Housing units	40,709	11,113
Homeownership rate	60.3%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
Population	81,468 → 85,718 (+5.2%)	22,225 → 27,643 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $64,504 (+32.5%)	$68,277 → $90,521 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $272,900 (+61.5%)	$224,400 → $341,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,411 (+37.0%)	$1,349 → $1,801 (+33.5%)

Melbourne

Population

81,46885,718

Median household income

$48,673$64,504

Median home value

$169,000$272,900

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,411

West Melbourne

Population

22,22527,643

Median household income

$68,277$90,521

Median home value

$224,400$341,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.6%
75 and over	10.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	69.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.2%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
Drove alone	73.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	13.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
1-unit, detached	57.4%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	West Melbourne
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1984	2003