Lookingglass vs Melrose

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

Lookingglass 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 994 in Lookingglass). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $85,813 in Lookingglass). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $445,100 in Lookingglass).

Population, income & housing

	Lookingglass	Melrose
Population	994	1,150
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,813	$115,536
Median home value	$445,100	$483,000
Housing units	339	434
Homeownership rate	93.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookingglass	Melrose
Population	985 → 994 (+0.9%)	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)
Median household income	$36,692 → $85,813 (+133.9%)	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$289,400 → $445,100 (+53.8%)	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)

Lookingglass

Population

985994

Median household income

$36,692$85,813

Median home value

$289,400$445,100

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookingglass	Melrose
Under 5	9.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	4.4%	12.3%
75 and over	21.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookingglass	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookingglass	Melrose
No high school diploma	13.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookingglass	Melrose
Drove alone	52.8%	63.7%
Carpooled	44.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookingglass	Melrose
1-unit, detached	70.8%	96.8%
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	29.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Lookingglass	Melrose
Poverty rate	2.5%	7.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1977	1970