Cecil vs Melrose

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

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

Melrose has the higher population (367 vs 156 in Cecil). Melrose has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $76,250 in Cecil). Melrose has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $54,500 in Cecil).

Population, income & housing

	Cecil	Melrose
Population	156	367
Median age	47.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$90,565
Median home value	$54,500	$111,300
Housing units	82	153
Homeownership rate	98.6%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	32.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecil	Melrose
Population	126 → 156 (+23.8%)	235 → 367 (+56.2%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $76,250 (+35.6%)	$51,250 → $90,565 (+76.7%)
Median home value	$56,500 → $54,500 (-3.5%)	$57,200 → $111,300 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$595 → $594 (-0.2%)

Cecil

Population

126156

Median household income

$56,250$76,250

Median home value

$56,500$54,500

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)

	Cecil	Melrose
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	28.1%
35 to 44	3.2%	5.7%
45 to 54	34.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	20.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	5.4%
75 and over	6.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecil	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecil	Melrose
No high school diploma	16.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	60.8%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecil	Melrose
Drove alone	97.3%	97.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecil	Melrose
1-unit, detached	75.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Cecil	Melrose
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1951	1974