Hixton vs Melrose

A side-by-side comparison of Hixton and Melrose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Melrose has the higher population (637 vs 398 in Hixton). Hixton has the higher median household income ($74,219 vs $50,208 in Melrose). Hixton has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $137,500 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Hixton	Melrose
Population	398	637
Median age	48.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,219	$50,208
Median home value	$158,000	$137,500
Median gross rent	$558	$742
Housing units	189	250
Homeownership rate	77.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hixton	Melrose
Population	424 → 398 (-6.1%)	512 → 637 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $74,219 (+38.9%)	$60,694 → $50,208 (-17.3%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $158,000 (+43.9%)	$102,000 → $137,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $558 (+12.5%)	$970 → $742 (-23.5%)

Hixton

Population

424398

Median household income

$53,438$74,219

Median home value

$109,800$158,000

Median gross rent

$496$558

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)

	Hixton	Melrose
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	20.4%	17.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hixton	Melrose
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hixton	Melrose
No high school diploma	13.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hixton	Melrose
Drove alone	85.2%	68.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	11.0%
Other means	3.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hixton	Melrose
1-unit, detached	71.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hixton	Melrose
Poverty rate	5.5%	17.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1960	1954