What is the population of Melwood CDP?

Melwood CDP has 3,734 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Melwood CDP?

Median household income in Melwood CDP is $83,917 a year, 6.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melwood CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,277 a month and the median home value is $430,700, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Melwood CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melwood CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Melwood, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Melwood, Maryland (Melwood, MD — Census place “Melwood CDP”) is 3,734 residents, ranking #234 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $83,917, the median home is worth $430,700 and median gross rent runs $1,277 a month. Looking for the Melwood Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Melwood, MD: 20772.

Population: 3,734Melwood CDP residents
Median household income: $83,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $430,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,277Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.4%Owner-occupied households

Melwood ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Melwood.

The Melwood MD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

20772

What the numbers mean in Melwood CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Melwood CDP median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.2% of residents and 82.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Melwood CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Melwood CDP is a small town in Maryland, with 3,734 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #234 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 43 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Melwood CDP earn a median of $83,917 a year, 6.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Melwood CDP is valued at $430,700, 42% above the national figure and 8% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,277 a month, 9.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,324 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Melwood CDP?: Melwood CDP has 3,734 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Melwood CDP?: Median household income in Melwood CDP is $83,917 a year, 6.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melwood CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,277 a month and the median home value is $430,700, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Melwood CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melwood CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Melwood CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.