Melvina vs Tunnel City

A side-by-side comparison of Melvina and Tunnel City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tunnel City has the higher population (105 vs 83 in Melvina). Tunnel City has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $135,000 in Melvina). Since 2019, Melvina's population has grown faster (+22.1% vs -2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Melvina	Tunnel City
Population	83	105
Median age	39.1 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	—
Median home value	$135,000	$181,100
Housing units	32	72
Homeownership rate	81.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvina	Tunnel City
Population	68 → 83 (+22.1%)	108 → 105 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $71,500 (+22.7%)	$55,625 → $56,667 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $135,000 (+55.7%)	$87,500 → $181,100 (+107.0%)

Melvina

Population

6883

Median household income

$58,250$71,500

Median home value

$86,700$135,000

Tunnel City

Population

108105

Median household income

$55,625$56,667

Median home value

$87,500$181,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvina	Tunnel City
Under 5	4.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	19.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	21.7%	7.6%
65 to 74	3.6%	38.1%
75 and over	8.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvina	Tunnel City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvina	Tunnel City
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	46.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvina	Tunnel City
Drove alone	74.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	18.5%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvina	Tunnel City
1-unit, detached	81.3%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Melvina	Tunnel City
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.59	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1960	1973