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Melrose, OR mapPopulation (year 2000): 4,854
Males: 2,473  (50.9%)
Females: 2,381  (49.1%)

Douglas County

Median resident age:  45.1 years
Oregon median age:  36.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $50,600 (it was $45,981 in 2000)
Melrose  $50,600
Oregon:  $42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $233,100 (it was $161,900 in 2000)
Melrose  $233,100
Oregon:  $201,200

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Races in Melrose:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
  • Hispanic (2.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.9%)
  • Other race (0.7%)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 410 feet

Land area: 287.3 square miles.

Population density: 17 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Melrose

  • High school or higher: 87.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
  • Unemployed: 8.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Melrose CCD

  • Never married: 16.5%
  • Now married: 70.9%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 5.8%
  • Divorced: 6.9%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.4%
Oregon:  8.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Melrose:  0.7% ($1,182)
Oregon:  1.1% ($1,687)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eugene, OR (61.8 miles , pop. 137,893).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (159.4 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (732.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Roseburg, OR (18.0 miles ), Winston, OR (18.1 miles ), Tenmile, OR (18.4 miles ), Green, OR (18.5 miles ), Roseburg North, OR (18.6 miles ), Sutherlin, OR (20.4 miles ), Oakland, OR (22.4 miles ), Calapooia, OR (22.8 miles ).

Latitude: 43.31 N, Longitude: 123.60 W




Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Wood products (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Construction (4%)
  • U. S. Postal service (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)


Hospitals/medical centers near Melrose:
  • LOWER UMPQUA HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; REEDSPORT, OR)
  • MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 25 miles; ROSEBURG, OR)
  • COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 40 miles; COQUILLE, OR)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Melrose:
  • NORTH BEND MUNI (about 45 miles; NORTH BEND, OR; ID: OTH)
  • MAHLON SWEET FIELD (about 62 miles; EUGENE, OR; ID: EUG)
  • ROGUE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - MEDFORD (about 83 miles; MEDFORD, OR; ID: MFR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Melrose:
  • GEORGE FELT (about 17 miles; ROSEBURG, OR; ID: 5S1)
  • ROSEBURG REGIONAL (about 19 miles; ROSEBURG, OR; ID: RBG)
  • MYRTLE CREEK MUNICIPAL (about 31 miles; MYRTLE CREEK, OR; ID: 16S)

Amtrak station near Melrose:
  • 20 miles: ROSEBURG (835 SE STEPHENS ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Melrose:
  • LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; EUGENE, OR; Full-time enrollment: 5,853)
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 63 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 16,239)
  • ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; GRANTS PASS, OR; FT enrollment: 2,289)
  • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; FT enrollment: 15,404)
  • SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 104 miles; ASHLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 4,424)
  • WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles; MONMOUTH, OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
  • LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 114 miles; ALBANY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,057)

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Notable locations in Melrose: Wardton (A), Woods Camp (B), Yew Camp (C), Baughaman Lookout (D), Lookingglass Sanitary Transfer Station (E), Blood Camp (F), Callahan Guard Station (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Melrose: Eden Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Melrose Cemetery (1), La Brie Family Cemeteries (2), Cleveland Cemetery (3), Eden Cemetery (4), Coles Valley Cemetery (5), Champaigne Family Cemetery (6), Lookingglass Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Hawkins Lake (A), Lost Lake (B), Rinaldi Reservoir (C), Beaver Pond (D), Rieke Reservoir (E), Grier Reservoir (F), Marsh Reservoir (G), Yoder Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Little Cow Creek (A), Murry Creek (B), North Fork Bottom Creek (C), Juliano Creek (D), Panther Creek (E), Pheasant Creek (F), Renfro Creek (G), Lost Creek (H), Skip Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Melrose: Britt Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Oregon:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.7%
Whole state:  65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.6%
Whole state:  6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.3%
Whole state:  5.0%

Melrose compared to Oregon state average:
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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6.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,294 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.76%
Oregon average:  8.89%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($121 average AGI)
Douglas County:  0.04%
Oregon average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lane County, OR  0.65% ($27,567 average AGI)
from Coos County, OR  0.35% ($25,078)
from Jackson County, OR  0.27% ($30,636)


5.97% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,051 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.97%
Oregon average:  7.91%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($130 average AGI)
Douglas County:  0.05%
Oregon average:  0.06%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Lane County, OR  1.06% ($36,575 average AGI)
to Coos County, OR  0.28% ($25,814)
to Washington County, OR  0.25% ($28,843)


Strongest AM radio stations in Melrose:
  • KGRV (700 AM; 25 kW; WINSTON, OR; Owner: PACIFIC CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTBR (950 AM; 3 kW; ROSEBURG, OR; Owner: JPR FOUNDATION INC.)
  • KWRO (630 AM; 5 kW; COQUILLE, OR; Owner: COQUILLE RIVER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KZTU (660 AM; 10 kW; JUNCTION CITY, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KQEN (1240 AM; 1 kW; ROSEBURG, OR; Owner: BROOKE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KAJO (1270 AM; 10 kW; GRANTS PASS, OR; Owner: GRANTS PASS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KRNR (1490 AM; 1 kW; ROSEBURG, OR; Owner: DOUGLAS COUNTY TRICASTERS, INC.)
  • KAPL (1300 AM; 20 kW; PHOENIX, OR; Owner: APPLEGATE MEDIA, INC.)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Melrose:
  • KRSB-FM (103.1 FM; ROSEBURG, OR; Owner: BROOKE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KAVJ (101.1 FM; SUTHERLIN, OR; Owner: BROOKE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KLOV-FM (89.3 FM; WINCHESTER, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K280BJ (103.9 FM; SUTHERLIN, OR; Owner: BROOKE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K205DM (88.9 FM; GLIDE, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K261BF (100.1 FM; BLACK BUTTE, ETC., OR; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • KKMX (104.3 FM; TRI CITY, OR; Owner: BROOKE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KSOR (90.1 FM; ASHLAND, OR; Owner: OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUC.)
  • K222AF (92.3 FM; AZALEA, OR; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K232DB (94.3 FM; MYRTLE CREEK, OR; Owner: RAIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K255AJ (98.9 FM; MYRTLE CREEK, OR; Owner: RAIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K201AI (88.1 FM; ROSEBURG, ETC., OR; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • K259AE (99.7 FM; WOLF CREEK, OR; Owner: GRANTS PASS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • K249BS (97.7 FM; GRANTS PASS, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KDUK-FM (104.7 FM; FLORENCE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFLY (101.5 FM; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWVZ (91.5 FM; FLORENCE, OR; Owner: OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER ED.)
  • KOOZ (94.1 FM; MYRTLE POINT, OR; Owner: JPR FOUNDATION INC.)
  • KSHR-FM (97.3 FM; COQUILLE, OR; Owner: COQUILLE RIVER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • K210DM (89.9 FM; COOS BAY, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)


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