Melvern vs Vassar

A side-by-side comparison of Melvern and Vassar: population, income, housing, and more.

Melvern and Vassar are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vassar has the higher population (870 vs 304 in Melvern). Vassar has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $57,250 in Melvern). Vassar has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $90,000 in Melvern).

Population, income & housing

	Melvern	Vassar
Population	304	870
Median age	40.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$72,083
Median home value	$90,000	$170,700
Median gross rent	$539	$1,132
Housing units	155	407
Homeownership rate	76.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvern	Vassar
Population	400 → 304 (-24.0%)	799 → 870 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $57,250 (+43.1%)	$71,250 → $72,083 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $90,000 (+16.1%)	$128,000 → $170,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $539 (-11.6%)	$930 → $1,132 (+21.7%)

Melvern

Population

400304

Median household income

$40,000$57,250

Median home value

$77,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$610$539

Vassar

Population

799870

Median household income

$71,250$72,083

Median home value

$128,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$930$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvern	Vassar
Under 5	12.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	16.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	4.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvern	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvern	Vassar
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvern	Vassar
Drove alone	83.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.2%
Public transit	8.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvern	Vassar
1-unit, detached	80.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Melvern	Vassar
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	36	43
Median year structure built	1964	1980