Melrose Park vs Mont Clare

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

Melrose Park and Mont Clare 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 2,155 in Mont Clare). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($154,946 vs $82,115 in Mont Clare). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $278,600 in Mont Clare).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
Population	2,273	2,155
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$154,946	$82,115
Median home value	$427,400	$278,600
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,844
Housing units	854	1,015
Homeownership rate	77.8%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
Population	—	2,122 → 2,155 (+1.6%)
Median household income	—	$72,337 → $82,115 (+13.5%)
Median home value	—	$250,400 → $278,600 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,714 → $1,844 (+7.6%)

Melrose Park

Mont Clare

Population

2,1222,155

Median household income

$72,337$82,115

Median home value

$250,400$278,600

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
Under 5	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	20.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.9%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	28.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
No high school diploma	0.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	13.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
Drove alone	63.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.6%
Public transit	14.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	14.6%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
1-unit, detached	64.6%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Mont Clare
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1938	1955