Melmore vs Old Fort

A side-by-side comparison of Melmore and Old Fort: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Fort has the higher population (131 vs 99 in Melmore). Melmore has the higher median household income ($66,932 vs $46,875 in Old Fort). Since 2019, Melmore's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs -45.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Melmore	Old Fort
Population	99	131
Median age	52.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,932	$46,875
Housing units	43	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melmore	Old Fort
Population	78 → 99 (+26.9%)	242 → 131 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$63,409 → $66,932 (+5.6%)	$48,958 → $46,875 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $157,700 (+278.2%)	$66,400 → $69,000 (+3.9%)

Melmore

Population

7899

Median household income

$63,409$66,932

Median home value

$41,700$157,700

Old Fort

Population

242131

Median household income

$48,958$46,875

Median home value

$66,400$69,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melmore	Old Fort
Under 5	0.0%	21.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	50.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	26.3%	23.7%
65 to 74	4.0%	13.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melmore	Old Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melmore	Old Fort
No high school diploma	13.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.6%	64.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melmore	Old Fort
Drove alone	100.0%	14.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	56.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melmore	Old Fort
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melmore	Old Fort
Poverty rate	8.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.26
Median year structure built	1938	1938