Melrose vs Paulding

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

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

Paulding has the higher population (3,513 vs 367 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($90,565 vs $56,308 in Paulding). Melrose has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $108,400 in Paulding).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Paulding
Population	367	3,513
Median age	31.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,565	$56,308
Median home value	$111,300	$108,400
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	153	1,761
Homeownership rate	92.9%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	32.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Paulding
Population	235 → 367 (+56.2%)	3,536 → 3,513 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $90,565 (+76.7%)	$42,461 → $56,308 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$57,200 → $111,300 (+94.6%)	$77,400 → $108,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $594 (-0.2%)	$627 → $748 (+19.3%)

Melrose

Population

235367

Median household income

$51,250$90,565

Median home value

$57,200$111,300

Median gross rent

$595$594

Paulding

Population

3,5363,513

Median household income

$42,461$56,308

Median home value

$77,400$108,400

Median gross rent

$627$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Paulding
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	28.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.5%
75 and over	4.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Paulding
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Paulding
No high school diploma	23.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	53.2%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Paulding
Drove alone	97.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Paulding
1-unit, detached	69.9%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Paulding
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1962