Forestville vs Melvin

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Melvin: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestville and Melvin are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melvin has the higher population (203 vs 142 in Forestville). Melvin has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $41,250 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $103,800 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Melvin
Population	142	203
Median age	62.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,375
Median home value	$134,400	$103,800
Median gross rent	—	$685
Housing units	141	86
Homeownership rate	76.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Melvin
Population	106 → 142 (+34.0%)	184 → 203 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $41,250 (-2.9%)	$49,792 → $49,375 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $134,400 (+74.3%)	$114,400 → $103,800 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $685 (-10.7%)

Forestville

Population

106142

Median household income

$42,500$41,250

Median home value

$77,100$134,400

Melvin

Population

184203

Median household income

$49,792$49,375

Median home value

$114,400$103,800

Median gross rent

$767$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Melvin
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	4.2%	19.2%
55 to 64	29.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	31.7%	12.3%
75 and over	9.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Melvin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Melvin
No high school diploma	5.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Melvin
Drove alone	82.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Melvin
1-unit, detached	96.5%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Melvin
Poverty rate	23.9%	27.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	43
Median year structure built	1955	1949