Auburn vs Melrose Park

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (26,475 vs 1,951 in Melrose Park). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($103,472 vs $49,377 in Auburn). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $143,600 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Melrose Park
Population	26,475	1,951
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,377	$103,472
Median home value	$143,600	$203,200
Median gross rent	$867	$1,488
Housing units	13,092	894
Homeownership rate	49.5%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Melrose Park
Population	26,601 → 26,475 (-0.5%)	2,425 → 1,951 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$44,049 → $49,377 (+12.1%)	$97,656 → $103,472 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $143,600 (+40.8%)	$167,700 → $203,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $867 (+15.0%)	$1,078 → $1,488 (+38.0%)

Auburn

Population

26,60126,475

Median household income

$44,049$49,377

Median home value

$102,000$143,600

Median gross rent

$754$867

Melrose Park

Population

2,4251,951

Median household income

$97,656$103,472

Median home value

$167,700$203,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Melrose Park
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.4%
75 and over	9.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Melrose Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Melrose Park
No high school diploma	13.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.1%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Melrose Park
Drove alone	77.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Melrose Park
1-unit, detached	46.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	31.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Melrose Park
Poverty rate	20.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1948	1958