Greenleaf vs Melba

A side-by-side comparison of Greenleaf and Melba: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenleaf and Melba are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenleaf has the higher population (1,152 vs 624 in Melba). Greenleaf has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $53,500 in Melba). Greenleaf has the higher median home value ($339,600 vs $306,000 in Melba).

Population, income & housing

	Greenleaf	Melba
Population	1,152	624
Median age	37.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$53,500
Median home value	$339,600	$306,000
Median gross rent	$1,552	$993
Housing units	424	239
Homeownership rate	69.7%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenleaf	Melba
Population	1,002 → 1,152 (+15.0%)	576 → 624 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$51,583 → $64,375 (+24.8%)	$39,306 → $53,500 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $339,600 (+125.5%)	$111,600 → $306,000 (+174.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,552 (+76.6%)	$914 → $993 (+8.6%)

Greenleaf

Population

1,0021,152

Median household income

$51,583$64,375

Median home value

$150,600$339,600

Median gross rent

$879$1,552

Melba

Population

576624

Median household income

$39,306$53,500

Median home value

$111,600$306,000

Median gross rent

$914$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenleaf	Melba
Under 5	4.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.4%
75 and over	6.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenleaf	Melba
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenleaf	Melba
No high school diploma	20.1%	22.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenleaf	Melba
Drove alone	74.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenleaf	Melba
1-unit, detached	84.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenleaf	Melba
Poverty rate	9.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1978	1984