Melville vs Tiverton

A side-by-side comparison of Melville and Tiverton: population, income, housing, and more.

Melville and Tiverton are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tiverton has the higher population (8,151 vs 1,840 in Melville). Melville has the higher median household income ($103,393 vs $91,493 in Tiverton). Since 2019, Melville's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs +4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	Tiverton
Population	1,840	8,151
Median age	29.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,393	$91,493
Median home value	—	$357,700
Median gross rent	$2,591	$1,341
Housing units	677	3,828
Homeownership rate	3.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	Tiverton
Population	1,276 → 1,840 (+44.2%)	7,804 → 8,151 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $103,393 (+57.5%)	$68,102 → $91,493 (+34.3%)
Median home value	—	$258,800 → $357,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,174 → $2,591 (+19.2%)	$939 → $1,341 (+42.8%)

Melville

Population

1,2761,840

Median household income

$65,667$103,393

Median gross rent

$2,174$2,591

Tiverton

Population

7,8048,151

Median household income

$68,102$91,493

Median home value

$258,800$357,700

Median gross rent

$939$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melville	Tiverton
Under 5	13.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	25.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	22.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	4.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	5.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.0%
75 and over	0.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	Tiverton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	16.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	Tiverton
No high school diploma	0.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	14.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	Tiverton
Drove alone	88.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	Tiverton
1-unit, detached	17.4%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melville	Tiverton
Poverty rate	1.0%	5.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	12	26
Median year structure built	1970	1958