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Melrose, FL

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Overview


Melrose is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 6,894 people and just one neighborhood, Melrose is the 250th largest community in Florida.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Melrose is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.97% of the Melrose workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Melrose is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Melrose who work in teaching (9.61%), management occupations (8.64%), and office and administrative support (8.11%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.04% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Melrose is worth considering.

One downside of living in Melrose is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Melrose, the average commute to work is 32.90 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Melrose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Melrose is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.10% of adults 25 and older in Melrose have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Melrose in 2018 was $23,879, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,516 for a family of four. However, Melrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Melrose is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Melrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Melrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Melrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Melrose include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Melrose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 43.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Melrose are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 35.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Melrose, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report German roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (28.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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