Melvin vs Piper City

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

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

Piper City has the higher population (716 vs 376 in Melvin). Piper City has the higher median household income ($39,338 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Piper City has the higher median home value ($76,600 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Piper City
Population	376	716
Median age	38.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$39,338
Median home value	$62,000	$76,600
Median gross rent	$817	$786
Housing units	213	373
Homeownership rate	84.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Piper City
Population	458 → 376 (-17.9%)	878 → 716 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Piper City

Population

878716

Median household income

$40,592$39,338

Median home value

$72,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$740$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Piper City
Under 5	6.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.0%
75 and over	6.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Piper City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	2.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Piper City
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Piper City
Drove alone	90.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Piper City
1-unit, detached	93.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Piper City
Poverty rate	25.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1953	1951