Melrose Park vs Red Hill

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

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

Red Hill has the higher population (2,541 vs 2,273 in Melrose Park). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($154,946 vs $72,663 in Red Hill). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $229,000 in Red Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
Population	2,273	2,541
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$154,946	$72,663
Median home value	$427,400	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,661	$990
Housing units	854	1,173
Homeownership rate	77.8%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.5%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
Population	—	2,484 → 2,541 (+2.3%)
Median household income	—	$62,500 → $72,663 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$171,800 → $229,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,040 → $990 (-4.8%)

Melrose Park

Red Hill

Population

2,4842,541

Median household income

$62,500$72,663

Median home value

$171,800$229,000

Median gross rent

$1,040$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
Under 5	3.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	4.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.8%
75 and over	5.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	28.7%	3.1%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
No high school diploma	0.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	13.0%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
Drove alone	63.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.6%
Public transit	14.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
1-unit, detached	64.6%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	30.7%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Red Hill
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1938	1983