Cannon AFB vs Melrose

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

Cannon AFB and Melrose are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cannon AFB has the higher population (2,876 vs 536 in Melrose). Cannon AFB has the higher median household income ($67,132 vs $33,333 in Melrose). Since 2019, Cannon AFB's population has grown faster (+16.2% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
Population	2,876	536
Median age	22.8 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,132	$33,333
Median home value	—	$78,600
Median gross rent	$1,272	$548
Housing units	830	313
Homeownership rate	0.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
Population	2,475 → 2,876 (+16.2%)	600 → 536 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $67,132 (+37.7%)	$51,103 → $33,333 (-34.8%)
Median home value	—	$82,300 → $78,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,272 (+5.1%)	$642 → $548 (-14.6%)

Cannon AFB

Population

2,4752,876

Median household income

$48,750$67,132

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,272

Melrose

Population

600536

Median household income

$51,103$33,333

Median home value

$82,300$78,600

Median gross rent

$642$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
Under 5	16.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	31.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	23.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	0.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	25.6%
65 to 74	2.2%	11.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	77.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
No high school diploma	0.8%	23.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
Drove alone	64.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	18.1%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	5.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
1-unit, detached	26.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	51.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Cannon AFB	Melrose
Poverty rate	8.6%	28.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	9	28
Median year structure built	2012	1960