Melrose vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,237 vs 1,150 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $58,272 in Oakland). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $318,400 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Oakland
Population	1,150	1,237
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,536	$58,272
Median home value	$483,000	$318,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,185
Housing units	434	511
Homeownership rate	95.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Oakland
Population	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)	885 → 1,237 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)	$46,667 → $58,272 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)	$176,400 → $318,400 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$759 → $1,185 (+56.1%)

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Oakland

Population

8851,237

Median household income

$46,667$58,272

Median home value

$176,400$318,400

Median gross rent

$759$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Oakland
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	20.1%
75 and over	1.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Oakland
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	18.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Oakland
Drove alone	63.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.6%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Oakland
1-unit, detached	96.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Oakland
Poverty rate	7.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1970	1964