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Melrose, WI

637 Population
0.8 square miles 795.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,125 ±$3,586 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $33,387 ±$1,467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$50,208 ±$18,323 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $65,508 ±$2,821
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

17.4% ±8.2% (111  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 12.6% † 2,493 (±1.4% / ±282)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

29.7 minutes ±9 (8,380  ±1,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 25.4 212,235 (±1.1 / ±11,310)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

243 ±45 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 8,198 ±134
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.6 (637  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 19,768 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

9% ±4.1% (17  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 7.4% † 285 (±1.8% / ±70)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

250 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 9,693 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$137,500 ±$17,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $186,900 ±$5,829
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

8.8% ±6.2% (55  ±39.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 12.3% † 2,542 (±1.7% / ±351.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.2% ±5.3% (420  ±71.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 92.4% 13,844 (±2.8% / ±428.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
18.8% ±6.7% (81  ±31.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 16.3% 2,437 (±1.4% / ±205.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±2.3% (28  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 9.6% † 1,581 (±1.1% / ±178)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
28 Total veterans ±12 24 Male ±12 4 Female ±6

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