Canyonville vs Melrose

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

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

Canyonville has the higher population (1,917 vs 1,150 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $45,505 in Canyonville). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $180,100 in Canyonville).

Population, income & housing

	Canyonville	Melrose
Population	1,917	1,150
Median age	42.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,505	$115,536
Median home value	$180,100	$483,000
Median gross rent	$955	—
Housing units	958	434
Homeownership rate	60.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyonville	Melrose
Population	1,826 → 1,917 (+5.0%)	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)
Median household income	$37,426 → $45,505 (+21.6%)	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $180,100 (+46.7%)	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $955 (+20.6%)	—

Canyonville

Population

1,8261,917

Median household income

$37,426$45,505

Median home value

$122,800$180,100

Median gross rent

$792$955

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyonville	Melrose
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	6.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	12.3%
75 and over	15.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyonville	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyonville	Melrose
No high school diploma	13.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyonville	Melrose
Drove alone	80.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyonville	Melrose
1-unit, detached	58.5%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Canyonville	Melrose
Poverty rate	22.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1977	1970