Melrose vs Sartell

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

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

Sartell has the higher population (19,620 vs 3,608 in Melrose). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $58,107 in Melrose). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $198,300 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Sartell
Population	3,608	19,620
Median age	43.4 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,107	$77,465
Median home value	$198,300	$278,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,197
Housing units	1,655	7,676
Homeownership rate	71.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Sartell
Population	3,647 → 3,608 (-1.1%)	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$56,591 → $58,107 (+2.7%)	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $198,300 (+51.4%)	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,061 (+21.5%)	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)

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

Sartell

Population

18,00519,620

Median household income

$74,169$77,465

Median home value

$201,500$278,000

Median gross rent

$967$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Sartell
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.1%
75 and over	8.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Sartell
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Sartell
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Sartell
Drove alone	72.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Sartell
1-unit, detached	72.0%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	13.4%	28.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Sartell
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1967	2000