Minnesota · Census place 2741570
Melrose, Minnesota
Melrose is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,911 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,911
- #185 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +8.5%
- +305 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- + 0.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,234 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Melrose population, 2020 to 2024
Melrose added 305 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.5%. In the latest year it moved by +276.
Melrose covers 3.17 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,234 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Melrose is less dense than the typical town.
What county Melrose is in
All of Melrose's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. Melrose holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Melrose
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Melrose by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56352. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Melrose is
The Census internal point of Melrose is at 45.677000, -94.814800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 97.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sauk Centre, MN (4,682 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 89.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.677000, -94.814800
- DMS
- 45°40'37.20"N 94°48'53.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 358660.9E 5059762.6N
- Geohash
- cbhef7jzz
- Plus code
- 86Q7M5GP+R3
Daylight in Melrose
At 45.68° N, Melrose gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Melrose
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sauk Centre, 7.8 miles away, with 4,682 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Melrose, MN?
3,911 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 305 (8.5%) from 3,606 in July 2020.
What county is Melrose in?
Stearns County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Melrose?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56352.
How far is Melrose from Saint Paul?
97.0 miles (156.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Melrose.
What is the nearest larger city to Melrose?
Sauk Centre, MN, with 4,682 residents, 7.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.