Marengo vs Mellen

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

Marengo 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 142 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $40,125 in Mellen). Marengo has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $78,700 in Mellen).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	Mellen
Population	142	538
Median age	27.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$40,125
Median home value	$118,800	$78,700
Median gross rent	$734	$608
Housing units	71	333
Homeownership rate	55.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	Mellen
Population	115 → 142 (+23.5%)	638 → 538 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $55,833 (+7.6%)	$31,389 → $40,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $118,800 (+38.1%)	$64,300 → $78,700 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $734 (+2.1%)	$523 → $608 (+16.3%)

Marengo

Population

115142

Median household income

$51,875$55,833

Median home value

$86,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$719$734

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)

	Marengo	Mellen
Under 5	10.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	22.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	2.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.7%
75 and over	4.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	Mellen
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	Mellen
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	42.5%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	Mellen
Drove alone	91.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	Mellen
1-unit, detached	42.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	Mellen
Poverty rate	8.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1982	1950