Melvin vs Minden City

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

Melvin and Minden City 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 182 in Minden City). Minden City has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $49,375 in Melvin). Melvin has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $88,600 in Minden City).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Minden City
Population	203	182
Median age	43.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$52,500
Median home value	$103,800	$88,600
Median gross rent	$685	$840
Housing units	86	103
Homeownership rate	77.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Minden City
Population	184 → 203 (+10.3%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$49,792 → $49,375 (-0.8%)	$39,219 → $52,500 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $103,800 (-9.3%)	$67,300 → $88,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $685 (-10.7%)	$600 → $840 (+40.0%)

Melvin

Population

184203

Median household income

$49,792$49,375

Median home value

$114,400$103,800

Median gross rent

$767$685

Minden City

Population

150182

Median household income

$39,219$52,500

Median home value

$67,300$88,600

Median gross rent

$600$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Minden City
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	19.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.1%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Minden City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Minden City
No high school diploma	23.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	48.6%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Minden City
Drove alone	77.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Minden City
1-unit, detached	76.7%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Minden City
Poverty rate	27.6%	21.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	43	38
Median year structure built	1949	1944