Fells neighborhood in Melrose, Massachusetts (MA), 02148, 02176 detailed profile
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Area: 0.334 square miles
Population: 2,003
Population density:
Fells: | 5,991 people per square mile |
Melrose: | 5,988 people per square mile |
- 1,13555.2%White
- 41019.9%Asian
- 27913.6%Black
- 1356.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 512.5%American Indian
- 381.8%Two or more races
- 100.5%Some other race

Median household income in 2019:
Fells: | $87,643 |
Melrose: | $106,955 |
Distribution of median household income
- 61Less than $10,000
- 132$10,000 to $19,999
- 96$20,000 to $29,999
- 116$30,000 to $39,999
- 73$40,000 to $49,999
- 72$50,000 to $59,999
- 136$60,000 to $74,999
- 52$75,000 to $99,999
- 70$100,000 to $124,999
- 70$125,000 to $149,999
- 124$150,000 to $199,999
- 97$200,000 or more
Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
- 4Less than $50,000
- 4$100,000 to $149,999
- 17$150,000 to $199,999
- 37$200,000 to $249,999
- 40$250,000 to $299,999
- 53$300,000 to $399,999
- 35$400,000 to $499,999
- 77$500,000 to $749,999
- 29$750,000 to $999,999
- 28$1,000,000 or more
Distribution of rent paid by renters
- 13Less than $100
- 8$100 to $199
- 75$200 to $299
- 57$300 to $399
- 9$400 to $499
- 47$500 to $599
- 49$600 to $699
- 9$700 to $799
- 90$800 to $899
- 16$900 to $999
- 98$1,000 to $1,249
- 197$1,250 to $1,499
- 73$1,500 to $1,999
- 248$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2019:
Fells: | $1,556 |
Melrose: | $1,396 |
Males: | 913 |
Females: | 1,089 |
Males:
This neighborhood: | 36.6 years |
Whole city: | 39.6 years |
This neighborhood: | 33.3 years |
Whole city: | 42.5 years |
Average household size:
Fells: | 2.3 people |
Melrose: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
Fells: | 46.7% |
Melrose: | 47.6% |
Here: | 42.9% |
Melrose: | 54.3% |
Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Fells: | 32.4% |
Melrose: | 36.5% |
Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Fells: | 10.6% |
Melrose: | 3.3% |
Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Fells: | 18.1% |
Melrose: | 15.5% |
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Fells: | 20.0% |
city: | 14.7% |
Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Fells: | 4.9% |
Melrose: | 1.6% |
Percentage of people born in this state:
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 47.9% |
Melrose: | 67.2% |
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Fells: | 18.0% |
Melrose: | 18.6% |
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here: | 3.3% |
city: | 2.0% |
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 30.8% |
Melrose: | 12.2% |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fells
- 101 room
- 02 rooms
- 173 rooms
- 194 rooms
- 295 rooms
- 696 rooms
- 307 rooms
- 308 rooms
- 459+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fells
- 381 room
- 1032 rooms
- 2893 rooms
- 1564 rooms
- 455 rooms
- 146 rooms
- 567 rooms
- 178 rooms
- 149+ rooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fells
- 20no bedroom
- 301 bedroom
- 492 bedrooms
- 743 bedrooms
- 734 bedrooms
- 115+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fells
- 39no bedroom
- 3181 bedroom
- 2762 bedrooms
- 173 bedrooms
- 444 bedrooms
- 75+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
This neighborhood: | 1.9 |
Melrose: | 1.9 |
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here: | 1.0 |
city: | 1.1 |
Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Fells: | 62.4% |
Melrose: | 71.8% |
Housing prices:
- Average estimated value of detached houses in 2019 (22.6% of all units):
Fells: $323,035 Massachusetts: $507,994
- Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2019 (4.0% of all units):
This neighborhood: $488,830 Massachusetts: $489,464
- Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2019 (5.3% of all units):
This neighborhood: $88,843 Massachusetts: $533,120
- Average estimated '19 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (23.3% of all units):
Fells: $473,676 Massachusetts: $518,368
- Year house built in Fells
- 1542014 or later
- 292010 to 2013
- 2322000 to 2009
- 261990 to 1999
- 641980 to 1989
- 1511970 to 1979
- 1151960 to 1969
- 611950 to 1959
- 401940 to 1949
- 1711939 or earlier
City-data.com crime index for city in 2019 (higher means more crime):
City: | 53.2 |
U.S. average: | 211.9 |
Travel time to work (commute)
- 36Less than 5 minutes
- 125 to 9 minutes
- 5510 to 14 minutes
- 8515 to 19 minutes
- 7320 to 24 minutes
- 10925 to 29 minutes
- 15830 to 34 minutes
- 4635 to 39 minutes
- 9640 to 44 minutes
- 19345 to 59 minutes
- 11660 to 89 minutes
- 3490 or more minutes
Means of transportation to work
- 52.4%655Drove a car alone
- 5.1%64Carpooled
- 2.4%30Bus
- 31.0%387Subway or elevated rail
- 2.4%30Long-distance train or commuter rail
- 5.0%63Light rail, streetcar or trolley
- 0.6%8Bicycle
- 4.9%61Walked
- 1.3%16Other means
- 3.5%44Worked at home
Time leaving home to go to work
- 2312:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
- 275:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
- 275:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
- 926:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
- 1246:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
- 1767:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
- 757:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
- 1698:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
- 618:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
- 389:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
- 1310:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
- 1811:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
- 6412:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
- 634:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Occupations of males:
- Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 14.4% city: 16.0%
- Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 9.2% city: 10.6%
- Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here: 12.1% city: 7.9%
- Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here: 6.7% city: 7.9%
- Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here: 5.0% city: 4.4%
- Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here: 1.2% city: 0.8%
- Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here: 4.2% city: 1.8%
- Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 6.5% city: 5.0%
- Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here: 15.7% city: 13.1%
- Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here: 7.8% city: 12.3%
- Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
Here: 5.6% city: 2.7%
- Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
Here: 3.3% city: 3.1%
Occupations of females:
- Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 9.9% city: 14.2%
- Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 4.2% city: 10.1%
- Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here: 7.0% city: 2.9%
- Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here: 4.5% city: 4.3%
- Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here: 3.7% city: 2.6%
- Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here: 4.3% city: 2.4%
- Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here: 10.1% city: 10.6%
- Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 9.1% city: 15.2%
- Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here: 19.9% city: 10.0%
- Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here: 22.3% city: 20.5%
- Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here: 1.2% city: 0.9%
- Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
Here: 3.3% city: 1.2%
Percentage of people 16-64 in Armed Forces:
Fells: | 0.4% |
Melrose: | 0.2% |
Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Fells: 30.3% Melrose: 14.4%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
Fells: 5.3% Melrose: 4.7%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Fells: 6.9% Melrose: 2.9%
- Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Fells: 49.4% Melrose: 11.4%
Percentage of population below poverty level:
Fells: | 8.5% |
Melrose: | 4.1% |
Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2019):
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2019):
Fells: | 2002 |
Melrose: | 2002 |
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2019):
Fells: | 2014 |
Melrose: | 2014 |
Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Fells: | 86.4% |
Melrose: | 81.5% |
- 63.5%Utility gas
- 17.9%Electricity
- 12.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.6%No fuel used
- 2.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.0%Other fuel
Roads and streets:
Main St
Length: 0.46 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 60 to 1186
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 60 to 1186
Fellsway E
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 574 to 599
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 574 to 599
Washington St
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 395
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 395
E Border Rd
Length: 0.36 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 23 to 159
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 23 to 159
Glenrock Ave
Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Banks Pl
Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Brazil St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Glen Rock Rd
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 43
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 43
Sylvan St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 9
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 9
Goodyear Ave
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Summer St
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 335 to 399
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 335 to 399
Stone Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 11 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 11 to 99
Elliott St
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Pleasant St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 26
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 26
Railroad features:
Mbta Commuter Rail
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: N-S
Direction: N-S