Melody HillIN
The town has 3,243 residents and lies in Indiana.
Is Melody Hill a good place to live?
A strong record with one exception. Its strongest is incomes — the median household earns $94K. Melody Hill grades B+ overall, better than just over two thirds of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 240th of 585 in Indiana. The catch is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $202K for a typical one, 3 times the Evansville metro’s $68K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk (D) — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than three fifths of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
What makes Melody Hill stand out
Where Melody Hill beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Melody Hill for work
Where Melody Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Melody Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Melody Hill is from typical.
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Moving to Melody Hill: who provides what
Melody Hill is unincorporated, so Vanderburgh County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Melody Hill.
Melody Hill looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and sends most of its workers to Evansville and beyond.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Melody Hill than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
Melody Hill has 124 jobs for its 1,806 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Evansville (59%), Patoka Township (5%) and Indianapolis (4%). Jobs based in Melody Hill grew to 124 in 2023, 24 more than in 2013. Also worth knowing: the average trip to work for Melody Hill comes to 21 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 4.4% of residents live below the poverty line locally.
| Melody Hill | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More of Melody Hill’s adults had a checkup this year than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
Within Indiana it is healthier than 90% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Its B+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Center Township (B−) comes closest.
For adults in Melody Hill, the share who smoke cigarettes is 13%. Melody Hill: 6.2% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, below both Indiana’s towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, Melody Hill is ahead of Indiana on 11 and behind on 1.
| Melody Hill | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Melody Hill | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Melody Hill
Only 2 of the 593 Indiana towns we compare have a higher July high than Melody Hill. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 25° and about 11 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Melody Hill, mostly earthquakes
Of the losses FEMA expects in Melody Hill, 43% come from earthquakes and 32% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
In Melody Hill, just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. By age, Melody Hill looks like Indiana: each broad group is within 4 points. The midpoint age for Melody Hill comes to 39.2 years.
| Melody Hill | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Melody Hill | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Homes in Melody Hill sell for about $250K
Among households in Melody Hill, 91% own their home. The town’s going rate for rent stands at $1,091 a month.
| Melody Hill | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,091 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
USS LST-325 and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Melody Hill. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumUSS LST-325
7 mi Ancient siteAngel Mounds
33 mi Theme parkHoliday World & Splashin' Safari
5 mi Stadium & arenaFord Center
29 mi National MemorialLincoln Boyhood National Memorial116K visitors a year
5 mi Zoo & aquariumMesker Park Zoo and Botanic GardenPhoto credits
USS LST-325: Wikideas1, CC0 · Angel Mounds: Heironymous Rowe (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Holiday World & Splashin' Safari: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Public domain · Ford Center: Nyttend, Public domain · Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Rene Sturgell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden: Randella (talk), CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Melody Hill
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Melody Hill
About 6 of every 100 Melody Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Melody Hill
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Melody Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Center Township, Vanderburgh County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Melody Hill had a population of 3,689.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 427 ft
- Area code
- 812
Melody Hill’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Melody Hill.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Center Township (C+) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melody Hill | #240 | B+ | A− | — | C+ | B+ |
| Evansville | #574 | D | B+ | D− | C+ | C− |
| Knight Township | #450 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C |
| Center Township | #418 | C+ | B | — | C+ | B− |
Melody Hill, Knight Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Melody Hill with a neighbor →
Questions about Melody Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Melody Hill, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Melody Hill grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #240 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Melody Hill, IN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $202,000, 22% below the Indiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.