Melrose vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (443 vs 367 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $46,528 in Oakwood). Melrose has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $78,900 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Oakwood
Population	367	443
Median age	31.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,565	$46,528
Median home value	$111,300	$78,900
Median gross rent	—	$538
Housing units	153	212
Homeownership rate	92.9%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	32.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Oakwood
Population	235 → 367 (+56.2%)	619 → 443 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $90,565 (+76.7%)	$44,000 → $46,528 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$57,200 → $111,300 (+94.6%)	$74,600 → $78,900 (+5.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $594 (-0.2%)	$732 → $538 (-26.5%)

Melrose

Population

235367

Median household income

$51,250$90,565

Median home value

$57,200$111,300

Median gross rent

$595$594

Oakwood

Population

619443

Median household income

$44,000$46,528

Median home value

$74,600$78,900

Median gross rent

$732$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Oakwood
Under 5	6.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	28.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	28.1%	17.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	4.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	19.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	3.6%
75 and over	4.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Oakwood
No high school diploma	23.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	53.2%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Oakwood
Drove alone	97.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	69.9%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Oakwood
Poverty rate	12.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1974	1957