Work and commuting in Melrose Park
There are 1,089 jobs in Melrose Park, and 1,034 of its residents work somewhere. Only 8% work in Melrose Park; the top destination outside it is Auburn (26%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Melrose Park
Melrose Park trades workers with the towns around it
Melrose Park has about as many jobs (1,089) as working residents (1,034), but they are mostly different people: 955 residents leave for work each day while 1,010 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Melrose Park are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Melrose Park and Auburn trade workers both ways
Auburn is the top workplace for Melrose Park residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Melrose Park come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Melrose Park is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Melrose Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Melrose Park pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Melrose Park pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
In and out of Melrose Park on a workday
On a workday 955 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 1,010 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Melrose Park ends
Where Melrose Park clocks in
26% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Melrose Park is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Melrose Park, 2014 → 2024: 1,050 → 1,089. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melrose Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Melrose Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Melrose Park workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 871 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Melrose Park
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
27% of Melrose Park works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Melrose Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose Park | – | — | — | 26 min | $103,723 |
| Auburn | 26% | C− | A | 20 min | $51,052 |
| Fleming | 1% | B+ | C | 18 min | $92,216 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Auburn. Darker towns draw more of Melrose Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Melrose Park: questions
What is the median household income in Melrose Park?
$103,723 (±$11,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Melrose Park?
6.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Melrose Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Melrose Park work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (26%, 3 mi), Owasco (9%, 1 mi), Syracuse (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Melrose Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Melrose Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Melrose Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.