Melrose vs Mission

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

Melrose and Mission 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 365 in Mission). Mission has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $50,208 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $125,000 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Mission
Population	637	365
Median age	36.1 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,208	$50,625
Median home value	$137,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$742	$1,025
Housing units	250	76
Homeownership rate	74.9%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Mission
Population	512 → 637 (+24.4%)	307 → 365 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$60,694 → $50,208 (-17.3%)	$66,250 → $50,625 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $137,500 (+34.8%)	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $742 (-23.5%)	$921 → $1,025 (+11.3%)

Melrose

Population

512637

Median household income

$60,694$50,208

Median home value

$102,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$970$742

Mission

Population

307365

Median household income

$66,250$50,625

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Mission
Under 5	6.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	21.6%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	4.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	5.8%
75 and over	7.4%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	6.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	81.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	2.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Mission
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Mission
Drove alone	68.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	12.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.9%
Other means	3.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Mission
1-unit, detached	88.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Mission
Poverty rate	17.4%	37.6%
Average household size	2.62	5.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1954	2000