Glide vs Melrose

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

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

Glide has the higher population (1,481 vs 1,150 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $81,034 in Glide). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $358,400 in Glide).

Population, income & housing

	Glide	Melrose
Population	1,481	1,150
Median age	48.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,034	$115,536
Median home value	$358,400	$483,000
Median gross rent	$916	—
Housing units	604	434
Homeownership rate	86.6%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glide	Melrose
Population	1,366 → 1,481 (+8.4%)	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)
Median household income	$48,582 → $81,034 (+66.8%)	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$244,400 → $358,400 (+46.6%)	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $916 (+42.2%)	—

Glide

Population

1,3661,481

Median household income

$48,582$81,034

Median home value

$244,400$358,400

Median gross rent

$644$916

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glide	Melrose
Under 5	10.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	2.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	15.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	12.3%
75 and over	13.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glide	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	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	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glide	Melrose
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glide	Melrose
Drove alone	72.3%	63.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glide	Melrose
1-unit, detached	76.3%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	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	21.9%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Glide	Melrose
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1973	1970