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Melrose, MN

3,671 Population
3.2 square miles 1,156.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,685 ±$4,221 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: $38,346 ±$870
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,677 ±$7,221 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: $76,497 ±$1,705
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±3.4% (305  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 12.3% 23,946 (±1% / ±1,895)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±4 (32,280  ±7,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 22 2,080,230 (±0.6 / ±62,124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,553 ±145 Number of households
  • the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 78,122 ±602
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,593  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 2.5 193,992 (±0 / ±136)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.6% ±8% (83  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,532 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,658 ±148 Number of housing units
  • the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 84,233 ±98
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,200 ±$19,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: $272,800 ±$4,185
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.8% (357  ±135.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 14.4% 28,763 (±0.9% / ±1,882)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±6.6% (2,060  ±244.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 92.5% 117,777 (±1.6% / ±2,066.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±4% (374  ±103.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 28.2% 35,936 (±0.9% / ±1,146.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.7% ±3.9% (429  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 7% 14,096
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.5% (152  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 6.2% 9,560 (±0.4% / ±655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
152 Total veterans ±70 152 Male ±70 N/A Female ±10

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