Melrose Park vs Spring Mount

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

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

Spring Mount has the higher population (2,292 vs 2,273 in Melrose Park). Melrose Park has the higher median household income ($154,946 vs $97,596 in Spring Mount). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $243,500 in Spring Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
Population	2,273	2,292
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$154,946	$97,596
Median home value	$427,400	$243,500
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,796
Housing units	854	999
Homeownership rate	77.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.5%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
Population	—	2,247 → 2,292 (+2.0%)
Median household income	—	$86,371 → $97,596 (+13.0%)
Median home value	—	$198,100 → $243,500 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,447 → $1,796 (+24.1%)

Melrose Park

Spring Mount

Population

2,2472,292

Median household income

$86,371$97,596

Median home value

$198,100$243,500

Median gross rent

$1,447$1,796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
Under 5	3.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	19.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.0%
75 and over	5.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	28.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
No high school diploma	0.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	13.0%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.8%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
Drove alone	63.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.2%
Public transit	14.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
1-unit, detached	64.6%	24.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	74.4%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melrose Park	Spring Mount
Poverty rate	6.0%	19.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1938	1987