Cheltenham Village vs Melrose Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cheltenham Village and Melrose Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheltenham Village and Melrose Park are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melrose Park has the higher population (2,273 vs 2,033 in Cheltenham Village). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($154,946 vs $89,018 in Cheltenham Village). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $278,400 in Cheltenham Village).

Population, income & housing

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
Population	2,033	2,273
Median age	34.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,018	$154,946
Median home value	$278,400	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,661
Housing units	809	854
Homeownership rate	64.3%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
Population	2,012 → 2,033 (+1.0%)	—
Median household income	$75,625 → $89,018 (+17.7%)	—
Median home value	$205,500 → $278,400 (+35.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,120 (+6.5%)	—

Cheltenham Village

Population

2,0122,033

Median household income

$75,625$89,018

Median home value

$205,500$278,400

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,120

Melrose Park

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
Under 5	10.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	23.6%
18 to 24	20.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	20.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	19.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.4%
75 and over	2.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	39.8%
Black or African American	24.0%	28.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.1%
High school graduate	20.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	43.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
Drove alone	72.8%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.4%
Public transit	4.0%	14.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
1-unit, detached	20.8%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	39.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	35.7%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheltenham Village	Melrose Park
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938