Melody Hill vs St. Wendel

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

Melody Hill and St. Wendel 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 1,120 in St. Wendel). Melody Hill has the higher median household income ($90,561 vs $83,182 in St. Wendel). St. Wendel has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $192,000 in Melody Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
Population	3,435	1,120
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,561	$83,182
Median home value	$192,000	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,099	—
Housing units	1,413	418
Homeownership rate	92.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
Population	3,761 → 3,435 (-8.7%)	893 → 1,120 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$82,281 → $90,561 (+10.1%)	$70,560 → $83,182 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $192,000 (+20.6%)	$263,300 → $267,900 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,099 (-29.1%)	—

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

St. Wendel

Population

8931,120

Median household income

$70,560$83,182

Median home value

$263,300$267,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
Under 5	9.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	24.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	19.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.8%
75 and over	9.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
Drove alone	80.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.1%
Public transit	0.1%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Melody Hill	St. Wendel
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1973	1970