Cabery vs Melvin

A side-by-side comparison of Cabery and Melvin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Melvin has the higher population (376 vs 219 in Cabery). Cabery has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Cabery has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Cabery	Melvin
Population	219	376
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$35,000
Median home value	$96,700	$62,000
Median gross rent	$888	$817
Housing units	111	213
Homeownership rate	74.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabery	Melvin
Population	220 → 219 (-0.5%)	458 → 376 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$52,375 → $54,375 (+3.8%)	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $96,700 (+26.1%)	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $888 (-2.4%)	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)

Cabery

Population

220219

Median household income

$52,375$54,375

Median home value

$76,700$96,700

Median gross rent

$910$888

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabery	Melvin
Under 5	8.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.4%
75 and over	4.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabery	Melvin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabery	Melvin
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	51.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabery	Melvin
Drove alone	86.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabery	Melvin
1-unit, detached	86.5%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Cabery	Melvin
Poverty rate	22.8%	25.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1948	1953