Melrose vs Rockville

A side-by-side comparison of Melrose and Rockville: population, income, housing, and more.

Melrose and Rockville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melrose has the higher population (3,608 vs 2,521 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($101,447 vs $58,107 in Melrose). Rockville has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $198,300 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Rockville
Population	3,608	2,521
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,107	$101,447
Median home value	$198,300	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,061	$925
Housing units	1,655	1,069
Homeownership rate	71.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Rockville
Population	3,647 → 3,608 (-1.1%)	2,551 → 2,521 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$56,591 → $58,107 (+2.7%)	$82,847 → $101,447 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $198,300 (+51.4%)	$254,700 → $327,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,061 (+21.5%)	$705 → $925 (+31.2%)

Melrose

Population

3,6473,608

Median household income

$56,591$58,107

Median home value

$131,000$198,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,061

Rockville

Population

2,5512,521

Median household income

$82,847$101,447

Median home value

$254,700$327,400

Median gross rent

$705$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Rockville
Under 5	6.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.3%
75 and over	8.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Rockville
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Rockville
Drove alone	72.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Rockville
1-unit, detached	72.0%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Rockville
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1967	1983