Melrose vs Merrillan

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

Melrose and Merrillan 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 568 in Merrillan). Merrillan has the higher median household income ($53,875 vs $50,208 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $129,300 in Merrillan).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Merrillan
Population	637	568
Median age	36.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,208	$53,875
Median home value	$137,500	$129,300
Median gross rent	$742	$892
Housing units	250	258
Homeownership rate	74.9%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Merrillan
Population	512 → 637 (+24.4%)	609 → 568 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$60,694 → $50,208 (-17.3%)	$40,662 → $53,875 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $137,500 (+34.8%)	$93,200 → $129,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $742 (-23.5%)	$613 → $892 (+45.5%)

Melrose

Population

512637

Median household income

$60,694$50,208

Median home value

$102,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$970$742

Merrillan

Population

609568

Median household income

$40,662$53,875

Median home value

$93,200$129,300

Median gross rent

$613$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Merrillan
Under 5	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	24.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	15.0%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Merrillan
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	6.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Merrillan
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Merrillan
Drove alone	68.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Merrillan
1-unit, detached	88.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Merrillan
Poverty rate	17.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1954	1959