Melba vs Middleton

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

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

Middleton has the higher population (10,101 vs 624 in Melba). Middleton has the higher median household income ($83,681 vs $53,500 in Melba). Middleton has the higher median home value ($348,900 vs $306,000 in Melba).

Population, income & housing

	Melba	Middleton
Population	624	10,101
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$83,681
Median home value	$306,000	$348,900
Median gross rent	$993	$1,077
Housing units	239	3,602
Homeownership rate	87.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melba	Middleton
Population	576 → 624 (+8.3%)	7,556 → 10,101 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$39,306 → $53,500 (+36.1%)	$52,522 → $83,681 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $306,000 (+174.2%)	$190,400 → $348,900 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $993 (+8.6%)	$706 → $1,077 (+52.5%)

Melba

Population

576624

Median household income

$39,306$53,500

Median home value

$111,600$306,000

Median gross rent

$914$993

Middleton

Population

7,55610,101

Median household income

$52,522$83,681

Median home value

$190,400$348,900

Median gross rent

$706$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melba	Middleton
Under 5	7.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	25.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melba	Middleton
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melba	Middleton
No high school diploma	22.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	43.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melba	Middleton
Drove alone	77.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melba	Middleton
1-unit, detached	87.9%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Melba	Middleton
Poverty rate	19.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1984	2007