Darmstadt vs Melody Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Darmstadt and Melody Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Darmstadt and Melody Hill are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melody Hill has the higher population (3,435 vs 1,428 in Darmstadt). Darmstadt has the higher median household income ($96,458 vs $90,561 in Melody Hill). Darmstadt has the higher median home value ($293,200 vs $192,000 in Melody Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
Population	1,428	3,435
Median age	58.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,458	$90,561
Median home value	$293,200	$192,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,099
Housing units	714	1,413
Homeownership rate	91.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
Population	1,131 → 1,428 (+26.3%)	3,761 → 3,435 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$87,813 → $96,458 (+9.8%)	$82,281 → $90,561 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$219,300 → $293,200 (+33.7%)	$159,200 → $192,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,125 (+5.0%)	$1,550 → $1,099 (-29.1%)

Darmstadt

Population

1,1311,428

Median household income

$87,813$96,458

Median home value

$219,300$293,200

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,125

Melody Hill

Population

3,7613,435

Median household income

$82,281$90,561

Median home value

$159,200$192,000

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
Under 5	3.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	27.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	21.0%	10.9%
75 and over	7.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
Drove alone	82.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Darmstadt	Melody Hill
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1967	1973