Melrose is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 28,016 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Melrose is the 67th largest community in Massachusetts. Melrose has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Melrose home prices are not only among the most expensive in Massachusetts, but Melrose real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Melrose is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Melrose is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Melrose who work in management occupations (14.84%), sales jobs (10.23%), and business and financial occupations (9.82%).
Also of interest is that Melrose has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In addition, Melrose is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.
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Alexa Dealy is a seven-year residential real estate veteran, having successfully represented hundreds of clients through a wide array of real estate transactions. Born and raised in the Boston area, Alexa has an intrinsic and unteachable understanding of the local real estate market. She comes from a family of real estate investors; it’s no surprise that Alexa began her career in the real estate industry at age 20 – after buying and selling her first investment property for a profit.