Drain vs Melrose

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

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

Melrose has the higher population (1,150 vs 975 in Drain). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $47,281 in Drain). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $241,000 in Drain).

Population, income & housing

	Drain	Melrose
Population	975	1,150
Median age	50.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,281	$115,536
Median home value	$241,000	$483,000
Median gross rent	$1,016	—
Housing units	473	434
Homeownership rate	64.9%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drain	Melrose
Population	847 → 975 (+15.1%)	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)
Median household income	$42,171 → $47,281 (+12.1%)	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $241,000 (+93.9%)	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,016 (+28.9%)	—

Drain

Population

847975

Median household income

$42,171$47,281

Median home value

$124,300$241,000

Median gross rent

$788$1,016

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drain	Melrose
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	20.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.3%
75 and over	6.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drain	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drain	Melrose
No high school diploma	19.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drain	Melrose
Drove alone	72.8%	63.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drain	Melrose
1-unit, detached	67.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Drain	Melrose
Poverty rate	24.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1974	1970