Antwerp vs Melrose

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

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

Antwerp has the higher population (1,879 vs 367 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $54,688 in Antwerp). Antwerp has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $111,300 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Antwerp	Melrose
Population	1,879	367
Median age	42.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,688	$90,565
Median home value	$131,900	$111,300
Median gross rent	$691	—
Housing units	845	153
Homeownership rate	67.5%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	32.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antwerp	Melrose
Population	1,490 → 1,879 (+26.1%)	235 → 367 (+56.2%)
Median household income	$42,759 → $54,688 (+27.9%)	$51,250 → $90,565 (+76.7%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $131,900 (+70.4%)	$57,200 → $111,300 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $691 (+16.9%)	$595 → $594 (-0.2%)

Antwerp

Population

1,4901,879

Median household income

$42,759$54,688

Median home value

$77,400$131,900

Median gross rent

$591$691

Melrose

Population

235367

Median household income

$51,250$90,565

Median home value

$57,200$111,300

Median gross rent

$595$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antwerp	Melrose
Under 5	3.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	28.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.4%
75 and over	7.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antwerp	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antwerp	Melrose
No high school diploma	5.6%	23.4%
High school graduate	51.8%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antwerp	Melrose
Drove alone	88.2%	97.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antwerp	Melrose
1-unit, detached	78.8%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Antwerp	Melrose
Poverty rate	10.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1964	1974