What is the population of Melrose city?

Melrose city has 3,608 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Melrose city?

Median household income in Melrose city is $58,107 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melrose city?

Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $198,300, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.

Is Melrose city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melrose city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Melrose, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Melrose, Minnesota (Melrose, MN — Census place “Melrose city”) is 3,608 residents, ranking #190 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $58,107, the median home is worth $198,300 and median gross rent runs $1,061 a month. Looking for the Melrose Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Melrose, MN: 56352.

Population: 3,608Melrose city residents
Median household income: $58,107Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,061Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.8%Owner-occupied households

Melrose ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Melrose.

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

56352

What the numbers mean in Melrose city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Melrose city median would spend about 21.9% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.6% of residents and 71.8% of households own their home.

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

Melrose city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Melrose city is a small town in Minnesota, with 3,608 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #190 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 43.4 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 Melrose city earn a median of $58,107 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota 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 8.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Melrose city is valued at $198,300, 34.6% below the national figure and 18% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,061 a month, 24.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,732 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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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What is the population of Melrose city?: Melrose city has 3,608 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Melrose city?: Median household income in Melrose city is $58,107 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melrose city?: Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $198,300, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.
Is Melrose city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melrose city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Melrose city 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.