Grady vs Melrose

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

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

Melrose has the higher population (536 vs 106 in Grady). Grady has the higher median household income ($68,605 vs $33,333 in Melrose). Grady has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $78,600 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Grady	Melrose
Population	106	536
Median age	68.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,605	$33,333
Median home value	$104,200	$78,600
Median gross rent	$625	$548
Housing units	79	313
Homeownership rate	23.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grady	Melrose
Population	151 → 106 (-29.8%)	600 → 536 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $68,605 (+38.9%)	$51,103 → $33,333 (-34.8%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $104,200 (+25.1%)	$82,300 → $78,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $625 (-12.3%)	$642 → $548 (-14.6%)

Grady

Population

151106

Median household income

$49,375$68,605

Median home value

$83,300$104,200

Median gross rent

$713$625

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)

	Grady	Melrose
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	2.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	3.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	25.6%
65 to 74	61.3%	11.8%
75 and over	4.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grady	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	77.1%
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	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grady	Melrose
No high school diploma	7.4%	23.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	59.6%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grady	Melrose
Drove alone	27.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	69.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grady	Melrose
1-unit, detached	97.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Grady	Melrose
Poverty rate	14.2%	28.5%
Average household size	1.66	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	8	28
Median year structure built	1948	1960