Evansville vs Melody Hill

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

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

Evansville has the higher population (116,441 vs 3,435 in Melody Hill). Melody Hill has the higher median household income ($90,561 vs $52,251 in Evansville). Melody Hill has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $129,100 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Melody Hill
Population	116,441	3,435
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,251	$90,561
Median home value	$129,100	$192,000
Median gross rent	$949	$1,099
Housing units	58,785	1,413
Homeownership rate	53.9%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Melody Hill
Population	118,588 → 116,441 (-1.8%)	3,761 → 3,435 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$40,178 → $52,251 (+30.0%)	$82,281 → $90,561 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $129,100 (+37.0%)	$159,200 → $192,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $949 (+22.6%)	$1,550 → $1,099 (-29.1%)

Evansville

Population

118,588116,441

Median household income

$40,178$52,251

Median home value

$94,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$774$949

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)

	Evansville	Melody Hill
Under 5	6.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.9%
75 and over	7.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Melody Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	13.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Melody Hill
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Melody Hill
Drove alone	78.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Melody Hill
1-unit, detached	64.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Melody Hill
Poverty rate	18.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1960	1973