Melvin vs Roberts

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

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

Roberts has the higher population (493 vs 376 in Melvin). Roberts has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Roberts has the higher median home value ($64,600 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Roberts
Population	376	493
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$63,438
Median home value	$62,000	$64,600
Median gross rent	$817	$786
Housing units	213	200
Homeownership rate	84.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Roberts
Population	458 → 376 (-17.9%)	388 → 493 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Roberts

Population

388493

Median household income

$29,688$63,438

Median home value

$50,000$64,600

Median gross rent

$816$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Roberts
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	26.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.3%
75 and over	6.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Roberts
No high school diploma	13.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Roberts
Drove alone	90.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Roberts
1-unit, detached	93.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Roberts
Poverty rate	25.3%	24.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1953	1949