Grosse Pointe Park vs Melvindale

A side-by-side comparison of Grosse Pointe Park and Melvindale: population, income, housing, and more.

Grosse Pointe Park 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 11,394 in Grosse Pointe Park). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median household income ($121,796 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
Population	11,394	12,605
Median age	40.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$121,796	$41,356
Median home value	$460,500	$113,100
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,116
Housing units	4,817	4,693
Homeownership rate	74.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
Population	11,153 → 11,394 (+2.2%)	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$115,341 → $121,796 (+5.6%)	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$358,400 → $460,500 (+28.5%)	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,365 (+23.0%)	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)

Grosse Pointe Park

Population

11,15311,394

Median household income

$115,341$121,796

Median home value

$358,400$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,365

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)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
Under 5	4.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.6%
75 and over	6.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	62.5%
Black or African American	5.3%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
No high school diploma	1.7%	29.6%
High school graduate	9.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
Drove alone	69.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	27.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
1-unit, detached	75.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Park	Melvindale
Poverty rate	5.3%	34.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1949