Elmwood Park vs Melrose Park

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood Park and Melrose Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Elmwood Park and Melrose Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melrose Park has the higher population (24,513 vs 23,982 in Elmwood Park). Elmwood Park has the higher median household income ($84,121 vs $64,740 in Melrose Park). Elmwood Park has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $265,000 in Melrose Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
Population	23,982	24,513
Median age	40.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,121	$64,740
Median home value	$325,000	$265,000
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,194
Housing units	9,741	8,947
Homeownership rate	62.4%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
Population	24,468 → 23,982 (-2.0%)	25,605 → 24,513 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$59,963 → $84,121 (+40.3%)	$50,870 → $64,740 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $325,000 (+26.0%)	$192,000 → $265,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,295 (+15.6%)	$995 → $1,194 (+20.0%)

Elmwood Park

Population

24,46823,982

Median household income

$59,963$84,121

Median home value

$258,000$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,295

Melrose Park

Population

25,60524,513

Median household income

$50,870$64,740

Median home value

$192,000$265,000

Median gross rent

$995$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
Under 5	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.9%
75 and over	6.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	16.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	77.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
No high school diploma	11.4%	29.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
Drove alone	72.8%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	15.1%
Public transit	6.8%	2.2%
Walked	1.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
1-unit, detached	51.4%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	28.2%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	12.9%
20 or more units	11.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Melrose Park
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1956	1957