Black River Falls vs Melrose

A side-by-side comparison of Black River Falls and Melrose: population, income, housing, and more.

Black River Falls and Melrose are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black River Falls has the higher population (3,514 vs 637 in Melrose). Black River Falls has the higher median household income ($57,712 vs $50,208 in Melrose). Black River Falls has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $137,500 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Black River Falls	Melrose
Population	3,514	637
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,712	$50,208
Median home value	$152,300	$137,500
Median gross rent	$718	$742
Housing units	1,723	250
Homeownership rate	62.0%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River Falls	Melrose
Population	3,496 → 3,514 (+0.5%)	512 → 637 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$34,590 → $57,712 (+66.8%)	$60,694 → $50,208 (-17.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $152,300 (+42.9%)	$102,000 → $137,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $718 (+11.1%)	$970 → $742 (-23.5%)

Black River Falls

Population

3,4963,514

Median household income

$34,590$57,712

Median home value

$106,600$152,300

Median gross rent

$646$718

Melrose

Population

512637

Median household income

$60,694$50,208

Median home value

$102,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$970$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black River Falls	Melrose
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.0%
75 and over	11.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River Falls	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River Falls	Melrose
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	49.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River Falls	Melrose
Drove alone	80.4%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	11.0%
Other means	3.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River Falls	Melrose
1-unit, detached	67.1%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Black River Falls	Melrose
Poverty rate	11.8%	17.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1969	1954