Melrose vs Riddle

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

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

Riddle has the higher population (1,161 vs 1,150 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $55,000 in Riddle). Melrose has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $215,100 in Riddle).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Riddle
Population	1,150	1,161
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,536	$55,000
Median home value	$483,000	$215,100
Median gross rent	—	$884
Housing units	434	490
Homeownership rate	95.6%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Riddle
Population	649 → 1,150 (+77.2%)	1,252 → 1,161 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$69,211 → $115,536 (+66.9%)	$42,969 → $55,000 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$321,300 → $483,000 (+50.3%)	$96,700 → $215,100 (+122.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$834 → $884 (+6.0%)

Melrose

Population

6491,150

Median household income

$69,211$115,536

Median home value

$321,300$483,000

Riddle

Population

1,2521,161

Median household income

$42,969$55,000

Median home value

$96,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$834$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Riddle
Under 5	4.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.8%
75 and over	1.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Riddle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Riddle
No high school diploma	6.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	18.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Riddle
Drove alone	63.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	11.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Riddle
1-unit, detached	96.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Riddle
Poverty rate	7.5%	22.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1970	1959