People QuickFacts	Melrose	Massachusetts
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	27,263	6,587,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	26,983	6,547,629
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.0%	0.6%
 	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 persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	91.1%	80.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.4%	6.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.8%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.7%	2.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.5%	9.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	89.5%	76.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	90.3%	86.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	12.7%	14.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	15.6%	21.0%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	95.8%	88.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	48.6%	38.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	29.9	27.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	65.3%	64.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	43.3%	41.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$428,600	$352,300
 	Households, 2006-2010    	10,741	2,512,552
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.43	2.48
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$38,006	$33,966
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$82,482	$64,509
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	4.7%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Melrose	Massachusetts
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,481	596,790
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned 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)    	NA	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