Flat Rock vs Melvindale

A side-by-side comparison of Flat Rock and Melvindale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Melvindale has the higher population (12,605 vs 10,418 in Flat Rock). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($73,288 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
Population	10,418	12,605
Median age	38.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$41,356
Median home value	$201,400	$113,100
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,116
Housing units	4,061	4,693
Homeownership rate	79.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)

Flat Rock

Population

9,96710,418

Median household income

$57,080$73,288

Median home value

$150,800$201,400

Median gross rent

$829$1,006

Melvindale

Population

10,34812,605

Median household income

$41,629$41,356

Median home value

$64,300$113,100

Median gross rent

$856$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
Under 5	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	62.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
No high school diploma	8.6%	29.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
Drove alone	77.4%	64.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
1-unit, detached	64.5%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Melvindale
Poverty rate	12.5%	34.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1980	1949