Clovis vs Melrose

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

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

Clovis has the higher population (38,153 vs 536 in Melrose). Clovis has the higher median household income ($54,029 vs $33,333 in Melrose). Clovis has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $78,600 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Clovis	Melrose
Population	38,153	536
Median age	31.8 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,029	$33,333
Median home value	$160,000	$78,600
Median gross rent	$947	$548
Housing units	16,886	313
Homeownership rate	60.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clovis	Melrose
Population	38,891 → 38,153 (-1.9%)	600 → 536 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$43,111 → $54,029 (+25.3%)	$51,103 → $33,333 (-34.8%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $160,000 (+27.4%)	$82,300 → $78,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $947 (+15.2%)	$642 → $548 (-14.6%)

Clovis

Population

38,89138,153

Median household income

$43,111$54,029

Median home value

$125,600$160,000

Median gross rent

$822$947

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)

	Clovis	Melrose
Under 5	7.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	25.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.8%
75 and over	5.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clovis	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	77.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.1%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clovis	Melrose
No high school diploma	19.0%	23.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clovis	Melrose
Drove alone	82.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	16.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clovis	Melrose
1-unit, detached	76.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Clovis	Melrose
Poverty rate	22.3%	28.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1975	1960