Center Sandwich vs Melvin Village

A side-by-side comparison of Center Sandwich and Melvin Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Sandwich and Melvin Village are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melvin Village has the higher population (320 vs 127 in Center Sandwich). Melvin Village has the higher median household income ($120,250 vs $103,036 in Center Sandwich). Melvin Village has the higher median home value ($423,900 vs $359,400 in Center Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
Population	127	320
Median age	56.8 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,036	$120,250
Median home value	$359,400	$423,900
Median gross rent	$2,389	—
Housing units	72	296
Homeownership rate	58.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
Population	154 → 127 (-17.5%)	151 → 320 (+111.9%)
Median household income	$83,375 → $103,036 (+23.6%)	$87,188 → $120,250 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$282,400 → $359,400 (+27.3%)	$395,600 → $423,900 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,827 → $2,389 (+30.8%)	—

Center Sandwich

Population

154127

Median household income

$83,375$103,036

Median home value

$282,400$359,400

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,389

Melvin Village

Population

151320

Median household income

$87,188$120,250

Median home value

$395,600$423,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	23.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.2%	52.2%
65 to 74	28.3%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	37.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
Drove alone	58.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
1-unit, detached	83.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Center Sandwich	Melvin Village
Poverty rate	7.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1966