Melvin vs Paxton

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

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

Paxton has the higher population (4,201 vs 376 in Melvin). Paxton has the higher median household income ($60,470 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Paxton has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Paxton
Population	376	4,201
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$60,470
Median home value	$62,000	$116,700
Median gross rent	$817	$922
Housing units	213	2,041
Homeownership rate	84.5%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Paxton
Population	458 → 376 (-17.9%)	4,220 → 4,201 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)	$53,917 → $60,470 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)	$94,800 → $116,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)	$655 → $922 (+40.8%)

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Paxton

Population

4,2204,201

Median household income

$53,917$60,470

Median home value

$94,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$655$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Paxton
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.4%
75 and over	6.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Paxton
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Paxton
Drove alone	90.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Paxton
1-unit, detached	93.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Paxton
Poverty rate	25.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1953	1957