Melrose Park vs Weedsport

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

Melrose Park and Weedsport 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 1,858 in Weedsport). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($103,472 vs $70,625 in Weedsport). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $153,400 in Weedsport).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
Population	1,951	1,858
Median age	47.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,472	$70,625
Median home value	$203,200	$153,400
Median gross rent	$1,488	$1,225
Housing units	894	919
Homeownership rate	95.8%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
Population	2,425 → 1,951 (-19.5%)	1,768 → 1,858 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$97,656 → $103,472 (+6.0%)	$55,515 → $70,625 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $203,200 (+21.2%)	$124,000 → $153,400 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,488 (+38.0%)	$842 → $1,225 (+45.5%)

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

Weedsport

Population

1,7681,858

Median household income

$55,515$70,625

Median home value

$124,000$153,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	20.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.6%
75 and over	9.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
No high school diploma	1.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
Drove alone	77.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
1-unit, detached	91.4%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Weedsport
Poverty rate	6.1%	19.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1958	1958