Melrose Park vs Moravia

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

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

Melrose Park has the higher population (1,951 vs 1,365 in Moravia). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($103,472 vs $68,125 in Moravia). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $133,100 in Moravia).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Moravia
Population	1,951	1,365
Median age	47.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,472	$68,125
Median home value	$203,200	$133,100
Median gross rent	$1,488	$746
Housing units	894	552
Homeownership rate	95.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Moravia
Population	2,425 → 1,951 (-19.5%)	1,306 → 1,365 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$97,656 → $103,472 (+6.0%)	$56,184 → $68,125 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $203,200 (+21.2%)	$108,400 → $133,100 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,488 (+38.0%)	$628 → $746 (+18.8%)

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

Moravia

Population

1,3061,365

Median household income

$56,184$68,125

Median home value

$108,400$133,100

Median gross rent

$628$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Moravia
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.3%
75 and over	9.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Moravia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Moravia
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	12.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Moravia
Drove alone	77.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	2.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Moravia
1-unit, detached	91.4%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Moravia
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1958	1938