Melrose Park vs Port Byron

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

Melrose Park and Port Byron 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 994 in Port Byron). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($103,472 vs $51,528 in Port Byron). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $100,000 in Port Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
Population	1,951	994
Median age	47.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,472	$51,528
Median home value	$203,200	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,488	$991
Housing units	894	448
Homeownership rate	95.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
Population	2,425 → 1,951 (-19.5%)	1,035 → 994 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$97,656 → $103,472 (+6.0%)	$54,318 → $51,528 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $203,200 (+21.2%)	$86,300 → $100,000 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,488 (+38.0%)	$667 → $991 (+48.6%)

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

Port Byron

Population

1,035994

Median household income

$54,318$51,528

Median home value

$86,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$667$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
Under 5	5.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.1%
75 and over	9.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
No high school diploma	1.5%	18.9%
High school graduate	12.8%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
Drove alone	77.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	91.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Port Byron
Poverty rate	6.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1958	1938