Melrose Park vs Morton Grove

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

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

Morton Grove has the higher population (24,687 vs 24,513 in Melrose Park). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $64,740 in Melrose Park). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $265,000 in Melrose Park).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
Population	24,513	24,687
Median age	35.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,740	$106,078
Median home value	$265,000	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,194	$2,210
Housing units	8,947	9,546
Homeownership rate	57.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
Population	25,605 → 24,513 (-4.3%)	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$50,870 → $64,740 (+27.3%)	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$192,000 → $265,000 (+38.0%)	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,194 (+20.0%)	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)

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

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.6%
75 and over	5.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	53.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	31.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	77.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
No high school diploma	29.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
Drove alone	74.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.9%
Public transit	2.2%	4.4%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	15.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
1-unit, detached	42.6%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Morton Grove
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1957	1960