Melrose Park vs Rolling Meadows

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

Melrose Park and Rolling Meadows 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 23,981 in Rolling Meadows). Rolling Meadows has the higher median household income ($100,424 vs $64,740 in Melrose Park). Rolling Meadows has the higher median home value ($299,700 vs $265,000 in Melrose Park).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
Population	24,513	23,981
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,740	$100,424
Median home value	$265,000	$299,700
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,563
Housing units	8,947	9,637
Homeownership rate	57.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
Population	25,605 → 24,513 (-4.3%)	23,219 → 23,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$50,870 → $64,740 (+27.3%)	$74,134 → $100,424 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$192,000 → $265,000 (+38.0%)	$241,200 → $299,700 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,194 (+20.0%)	$1,378 → $1,563 (+13.4%)

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

Rolling Meadows

Population

23,21923,981

Median household income

$74,134$100,424

Median home value

$241,200$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
Under 5	6.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	53.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	77.8%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
No high school diploma	29.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
Drove alone	74.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.8%
Public transit	2.2%	2.3%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
1-unit, detached	42.6%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Rolling Meadows
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1957	1972