Melrose vs Sauk Centre

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

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

Sauk Centre has the higher population (4,589 vs 3,608 in Melrose). Sauk Centre has the higher median household income ($65,763 vs $58,107 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
Population	3,608	4,589
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,107	$65,763
Median home value	$198,300	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$778
Housing units	1,655	2,193
Homeownership rate	71.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
Population	3,647 → 3,608 (-1.1%)	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$56,591 → $58,107 (+2.7%)	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $198,300 (+51.4%)	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,061 (+21.5%)	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)

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

Sauk Centre

Population

4,4264,589

Median household income

$57,851$65,763

Median home value

$144,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$642$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.9%
75 and over	8.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
Drove alone	72.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	8.1%	8.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
1-unit, detached	72.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	13.4%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Sauk Centre
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1967	1965