Glidden vs Mellen

A side-by-side comparison of Glidden and Mellen: population, income, housing, and more.

Glidden and Mellen are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mellen has the higher population (538 vs 214 in Glidden). Glidden has the higher median household income ($44,750 vs $40,125 in Mellen). Mellen has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $76,000 in Glidden).

Population, income & housing

	Glidden	Mellen
Population	214	538
Median age	60.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$40,125
Median home value	$76,000	$78,700
Median gross rent	$568	$608
Housing units	288	333
Homeownership rate	65.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glidden	Mellen
Population	316 → 214 (-32.3%)	638 → 538 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$31,917 → $44,750 (+40.2%)	$31,389 → $40,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $76,000 (+26.7%)	$64,300 → $78,700 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $568 (+15.2%)	$523 → $608 (+16.3%)

Glidden

Population

316214

Median household income

$31,917$44,750

Median home value

$60,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$493$568

Mellen

Population

638538

Median household income

$31,389$40,125

Median home value

$64,300$78,700

Median gross rent

$523$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glidden	Mellen
Under 5	2.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	2.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	21.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.7%
75 and over	31.3%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glidden	Mellen
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	2.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glidden	Mellen
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	62.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glidden	Mellen
Drove alone	54.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glidden	Mellen
1-unit, detached	59.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	10.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Glidden	Mellen
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.4%
Average household size	1.66	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1971	1950