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Melrose CCD, Douglas County, OR

5,748 Population
287.1 square miles 20 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 46.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,595 ±$5,237 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Douglas County: $34,947 ±$1,203
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,083 ±$20,187 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Douglas County: $61,310 ±$1,747
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±2% (263  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Douglas County: 16.3% 18,011 (±1.2% / ±1,362)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±7.7 (37,595  ±8,191) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Douglas County: 20.6 763,835 (±0.8 / ±38,622)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,135 ±230 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 47,519 ±437
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (5,720  ±702) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 2.3 109,825 (±0 / ±80)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±6.7% (31  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Douglas County: 3.1% † 669 (±0.9% / ±201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,337 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 50,562 ±61
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$484,400 ±$53,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Douglas County: $310,300 ±$9,895
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±7.4% (695  ±432.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 12.5% † 13,929 (±1.3% / ±1,394.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±7.1% (3,931  ±571.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 91.3% 76,105 (±2.4% / ±1,964.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±7.2% (1,263  ±353.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Douglas County: 19.3% 16,099 (±1.1% / ±913.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

5.2% ±2.7% (298  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Douglas County: 2.8% 3,150
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.9% (516  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Douglas County: 13.2% 11,928 (±0.8% / ±732)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
516 Total veterans ±191 476 Male ±184 40 Female ±47

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