Melrose vs Taylor

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

Melrose and Taylor 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 336 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($51,786 vs $50,208 in Melrose). Melrose has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $110,700 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Taylor
Population	637	336
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,208	$51,786
Median home value	$137,500	$110,700
Median gross rent	$742	$810
Housing units	250	180
Homeownership rate	74.9%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Taylor
Population	512 → 637 (+24.4%)	434 → 336 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$60,694 → $50,208 (-17.3%)	$38,393 → $51,786 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $137,500 (+34.8%)	$107,100 → $110,700 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $742 (-23.5%)	$638 → $810 (+27.0%)

Melrose

Population

512637

Median household income

$60,694$50,208

Median home value

$102,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$970$742

Taylor

Population

434336

Median household income

$38,393$51,786

Median home value

$107,100$110,700

Median gross rent

$638$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Taylor
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	5.1%
75 and over	7.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Taylor
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Taylor
Drove alone	68.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.9%
Other means	3.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Taylor
1-unit, detached	88.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Taylor
Poverty rate	17.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1954	1977