Texas · Census place 47496
Melissa, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Melissa, Texas (Melissa, TX — Census place “Melissa city”) is 17,497 residents, ranking #179 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $137,875, the median home is worth $430,300 and median gross rent runs $2,341 a month. Looking for the Melissa Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Melissa, TX: 75454.
- Population
- 17,497Melissa city residents
- Median household income
- $137,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $430,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,341Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 88.3%Owner-occupied households
Melissa ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Melissa.
The Melissa TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Melissa city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Melissa city median would spend about 20.4% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.6% of residents and 88.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Melissa city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Melissa city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 17,497 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #179 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Melissa city earn a median of $137,875 a year, 75.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 113% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 2.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Melissa city is valued at $430,300, 41.8% above the national figure and 140% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,341 a month, 66.5% above the national figure, or roughly $28,092 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.3% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
- Royse City city 17,357
- Gainesville city 17,688
- Stafford city 17,279
- Alice city 17,797
- Glenn Heights city 17,175
- Bay City city 17,816
- Addison town 17,128
- Brenham city 18,086
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Melissa city?
- Melissa city has 17,497 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Melissa city?
- Median household income in Melissa city is $137,875 a year, 75.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melissa city?
- Median gross rent is $2,341 a month and the median home value is $430,300, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
- Is Melissa city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melissa city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Melissa city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.