Glendale Heights, IL vs Melissa, TX

Side-by-side comparison of housing, income, commute, safety, and quality of life.

Score Snapshot

No universal winner

Scores summarize the published model. Use the objective metric differences below and your own priorities to choose.

Glendale Heights

76.9

#295 nationally

Melissa

74.8

#551 nationally

Melissa leads in crime level (1.0 vs 2.7). Melissa leads in median household income ($138,465 vs $83,588). Glendale Heights leads in average commute (25.8 min vs 32.6 min).

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric	Glendale Heights, IL	Melissa, TX
WhereAtHome Score	76.9 (#295)	74.8 (#551)
Population	32,409	23,571
Typical Home Value (ZHVI)	$330,643	$430,394
Median Household Income	$83,588	$138,465
Average Commute	25.8 min	32.6 min
Walk Score	38	N/A
Crime Level	2.7	1.0
School Rating	N/A	N/A
Cost of Living Index	107	125
Political lean County 2024 presidential margin — context only, not scored	D+13.3	R+11.2

Data coverage note: Melissa is missing data for 1 metric that Glendale Heights has. Scores with less coverage are penalized — see our methodology.