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People QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Population, 2013 estimate | 27,690 | 6,692,824
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 26,983 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.6% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 26,983 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.9% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.0% | 21.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.8% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.0% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.1% | 80.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.4% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.8% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.5% | 9.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 89.5% | 76.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 87.3% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 11.8% | 15.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 14.8% | 21.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 94.8% | 89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 51.6% | 39.4%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,515 | 383,087
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 30.4 | 28
Housing units, 2010 | 11,751 | 2,808,254
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 65.6% | 62.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 42.0% | 41.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $417,700 | $330,100
Households, 2009-2013 | 11,436 | 2,530,147
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.35 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $42,361 | $35,763
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $85,704 | $66,866
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 4.1% | 11.4%
Business QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,481 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.7% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 24,598 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 173,143 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,488 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,407 | 14,917,210
Geography QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.68 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,766.8 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 40115 | 25
Counties | Middlesex County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts