PlainZIP

Melrose, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melrose, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,916. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MELROSE-NY · Melrose, NY 1 ZIPs · 1,916 pop · #4381/25278 · Rensselaer County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $100,461
  • RANK-TOP #4381/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castleton On Hud
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,916
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $297,400

Nearest income peer: Castleton On Hudson, NY ( $1,892 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Melrose

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Melrose on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Melrose, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,916
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,461
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,461 and home value $297,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 19.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Hobart is the closest lower-income city and Garnerville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Melrose.

Population concentration

Melrose reads through its lone ZIP, 12121

1,916 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12121 is not the leading code inside Melrose, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Melrose

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 81 employees , annual payroll $5,669k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12121 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (11) · also Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Melrose, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Rensselaer County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Melrose. See the Rensselaer County roll-up →

Melrose lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Rensselaer County: East Greenbush, Averill Park and Wynantskill earn more and Troy, Rensselaer and Hoosick Falls earn less. Troy marks the far end of that range at $66,418, 34% below Melrose.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12121 1,916 $100,461 22 36
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Melrose roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Melrose, .