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Melrose Highlands (the Highlands) neighborhood in Melrose, Massachusetts (MA), 02176, 01880, 02180 detailed profile


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Area: 1.284 square miles

Population: 10,274

Population density:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

8,004 people per square mile
Melrose:

6,279 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 8,24576.5%White
    • 9659.0%Two or more races
    • 7607.1%Asian
    • 4594.3%Hispanic or Latino
    • 1951.8%Black
    • 1161.1%Some other race
    • 340.3%American Indian
Age and Sex of Residents in Melrose Highlands in Melrose, MA
Median household income in 2022:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

$121,538
Melrose:

$126,305

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 241Less than $10,000
  • 886$10,000 to $19,999
  • 486$20,000 to $29,999
  • 320$30,000 to $39,999
  • 145$40,000 to $49,999
  • 350$50,000 to $59,999
  • 309$60,000 to $74,999
  • 491$75,000 to $99,999
  • 555$100,000 to $124,999
  • 486$125,000 to $149,999
  • 477$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,166$200,000 or more
  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 155Less than $50,000
  • 204$100,000 to $149,999
  • 116$200,000 to $249,999
  • 127$250,000 to $299,999
  • 197$300,000 to $399,999
  • 327$400,000 to $499,999
  • 1,309$500,000 to $749,999
  • 902$750,000 to $999,999
  • 557$1,000,000 or more
  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 333$100 to $199
  • 209$200 to $299
  • 367$300 to $399
  • 722$400 to $499
  • 252$500 to $599
  • 32$800 to $899
  • 154$900 to $999
  • 79$1,000 to $1,249
  • 172$1,250 to $1,499
  • 653$1,500 to $1,999
  • 573$2,000 or more
Zip codes: 02176, 01880, 02180.

Males:

4,673
Females:

5,600
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

45.3 years
Whole city:

42.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

47.6 years
Whole city:

44.8 years

Average household size:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

3.7 people
Melrose:

2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

39.8%
Melrose:

44.7%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

51.9%
Melrose:

54.5%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

40.5%
Melrose:

37.2%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

1.9%
Melrose:

2.6%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

13.4%
Melrose:

17.4%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

13.1%
city:

12.8%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

1.6%
Melrose:

2.3%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

65.7%
Melrose:

62.0%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

13.4%
Melrose:

19.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

2.8%
city:

3.0%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

18.0%
Melrose:

15.4%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Melrose Highlands (the Highlands)
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Melrose Highlands <>
  • 811 room
  • 1022 rooms
  • 2103 rooms
  • 2194 rooms
  • 1785 rooms
  • 6676 rooms
  • 4327 rooms
  • 6958 rooms
  • 8989+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Melrose Highlands (the Highlands)
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Melrose Highlands <>
  • 4051 room
  • 3842 rooms
  • 8653 rooms
  • 4994 rooms
  • 1855 rooms
  • 806 rooms
  • 4407 rooms
  • 1048 rooms
  • 1549+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Melrose Highlands (the Highlands)
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Melrose Highlands <>
  • 81no bedroom
  • 1141 bedroom
  • 5792 bedrooms
  • 1,3283 bedrooms
  • 9234 bedrooms
  • 6245+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Melrose Highlands (the Highlands)
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Melrose Highlands <>
  • 473no bedroom
  • 8511 bedroom
  • 4192 bedrooms
  • 2433 bedrooms
  • 1774 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

2.0
Melrose:

1.8

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

0.8
city:

1.1

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

64.9%
Melrose:

69.1%

Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (60.3% of all units):
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

$829,076
Massachusetts:

$651,570

Year house built in Melrose Highlands (the Highlands)
  • Year house built in Melrose Highlands <>
  • 532020 or later
  • 872010 to 2019
  • 2912000 to 2009
  • 3001990 to 1999
  • 5141980 to 1989
  • 5361970 to 1979
  • 2761960 to 1969
  • 5771950 to 1959
  • 3961940 to 1949
  • 2,7831939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

44.2
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 36Less than 5 minutes
  • 1355 to 9 minutes
  • 15010 to 14 minutes
  • 22115 to 19 minutes
  • 44720 to 24 minutes
  • 29125 to 29 minutes
  • 44430 to 34 minutes
  • 9735 to 39 minutes
  • 15040 to 44 minutes
  • 67445 to 59 minutes
  • 45860 to 89 minutes
  • 13090 or more minutes
  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 58.6%3,280Drove a car alone
  • 9.5%532Carpooled
  • 1.0%56Bus
  • 9.1%507Subway or elevated rail
  • 6.0%335Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 1.2%69Light rail, streetcar or trolley
  • 2.1%117Bicycle
  • 1.4%80Walked
  • 1.9%109Other means
  • 19.4%1,088Worked at home
  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 3612:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 345:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 915:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 4286:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 2356:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 6917:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 2887:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 6508:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 998:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 1269:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 8410:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 1511:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 15212:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 864:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    23.1%
    city:

    19.9%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    2.8%
    city:

    7.1%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    10.2%
    city:

    9.1%

  • Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    5.1%
    city:

    5.5%

  • Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    2.0%
    city:

    3.9%

  • Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    1.9%
    city:

    0.9%

  • Percentage of males in legal occupations:
    Here:

    1.2%
    city:

    2.0%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    2.3%

  • Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    7.7%
    city:

    5.3%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    11.7%
    city:

    10.8%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    15.1%
    city:

    15.3%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    5.6%
    city:

    3.2%

  • Percentage of males in production occupations:
    Here:

    3.2%
    city:

    1.8%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    4.2%
    city:

    3.8%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    1.5%
    city:

    2.9%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    16.2%
    city:

    19.1%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    13.8%
    city:

    13.3%

  • Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    9.9%
    city:

    4.3%

  • Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    9.1%
    city:

    3.7%

  • Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    2.3%
    city:

    4.2%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    8.1%
    city:

    9.4%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    2.5%
    city:

    2.1%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    11.3%
    city:

    10.4%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    5.2%
    city:

    11.5%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    13.7%
    city:

    16.5%

  • Percentage of females in production occupations:
    Here:

    2.3%
    city:

    1.0%

  • Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    0.9%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

    25.2%
    Melrose:

    15.2%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

    5.5%
    Melrose:

    3.2%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

    2.7%
    Melrose:

    1.6%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

    24.9%
    Melrose:

    9.4%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

3.9%
Melrose:

4.0%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

2006
Melrose:

2005

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Melrose Highlands (the Highlands):

105.9%
Melrose:

85.2%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 44.9%Utility gas
  • 24.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 17.5%Electricity
  • 8.8%Other fuel
  • 4.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Roads and streets:

Lynn Fells Pkwy

Length: 1.27 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 491

Franklin St

Length: 1.23 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 1158

Greenwood St

Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Melrose St

Length: 0.93 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 12 to 399

Main St

Length: 0.91 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 861 to 1282

Spring St

Length: 0.90 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 123

Warwick Rd

Length: 0.60 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Myrtle Ave

Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Vinton St

Length: 0.53 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 160 to 399

Ashland St

Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Sewall Woods Rd

Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Orris St

Length: 0.45 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 154

W Highland Ave

Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199

Tremont St

Length: 0.42 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 104 to 299

Renwick Rd

Length: 0.40 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Perkins St

Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 93 to 299

Walton Park

Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Woodland Ave

Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 126

Morgan St

Length: 0.32 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Newcomb Rd

Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Richardson Rd

Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Fellsmere Ave

Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 99

Harrison St

Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Washington Ave

Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: E-W

Sargent St

Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Youle St

Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 73 to 199

Crystal St

Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 27

Nowell Rd

Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Albion St

Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Humphrey St

Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 32

Brunswick Park

Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Ferdinand St

Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Botolph St

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Gregory Rd

Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 56

Marvin Rd

Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Morgan Ave

Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 49

Cooper St

Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 12 to 59

Belmont St

Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Lassell St

Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 9 to 56

North Ave

Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 46

Hickory Hill Rd

Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 25

Gladstone St

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 35

Overlook Rd

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

South Ave

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Henry Ave

Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Sears Ave

Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Atwood Ave

Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 32

Clifton Park

Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 98

Tamworth Hill Ave

Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 75

Belmont Rd

Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 27

Maple Rd

Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Rockland St

Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 56

Linden St

Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 37

Briggs St

Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

W Hill Ave

Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Upland Rd

Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Bathol St

Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 7

Pineridge Rd

Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

York Ter

Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Stevens Rd

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Auburn St

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Grove St

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 40

Union St

Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Michael Rd

Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 25

Chipman Ave

Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Hanson St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 14 to 40

Dyer Ave

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Druid Hill Ave

Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 14

Warren St

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Ellsworth Ave

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Belmont Pl

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Howie St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 40 to 99

Clifton Ave

Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Myrtle Ter

Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 30

Bonair Ave

Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Vine St

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 24

Arthur Rd

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 16

Lotus Ave

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 31 to 99

Lindbergh Rd

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 18

Oakledge Rd

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 36

Cherry Ave

Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 7 to 31

Summit Ave

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 38

Melrose Ter

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 16

Day St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 11 to 99

Natalie Ave

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 31

Pratt St

Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Grand View Ave

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Garden St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Mendum St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Nason Dr

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Sherman Rd

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Taylor St

Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Greenleaf Pl

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Terrace Ct

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 18

Glen Rd

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

James Ln

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Messengers Ct

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Ludlow Ave

Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE

Brunswick Way

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Marion St

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Esmond Ave

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 18

Marion Rd

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 34

Ellwood Rd

Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Gerry Ln

Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Cliff St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Cherry Ln

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Glendale Ave

Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 17

Ashburton Pl

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Ware St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 22

Franklin Ter

Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Germano Dr

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Apthorp Rd

Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 15

Paul Michael Way

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Marion Ct

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Lovis Ave

Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

W Ferdinand St

Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Orris Pl

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Ossippee Ln

Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Clifton Park Ct

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Forest St

Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 19

Rockland Ct

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 4

Whittemore Ln

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 9 to 99

W Hill Ter

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 49

Ludwig St (Druid Hill Ave)

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 16 to 99

Chipman Ter

Length: 0.02 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 3

Railroad features:

Mbta Commuter Rail

Length: 1.58 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
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