Grosse Pointe Woods vs Melvindale

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

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

Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher population (16,177 vs 12,605 in Melvindale). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median household income ($129,442 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
Population	16,177	12,605
Median age	43.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,442	$41,356
Median home value	$322,500	$113,100
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,116
Housing units	6,609	4,693
Homeownership rate	90.5%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
Population	15,498 → 16,177 (+4.4%)	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$104,848 → $129,442 (+23.5%)	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $322,500 (+31.9%)	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,755 (+22.0%)	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)

Grosse Pointe Woods

Population

15,49816,177

Median household income

$104,848$129,442

Median home value

$244,500$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,755

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 Woods	Melvindale
Under 5	6.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	5.6%
75 and over	8.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	62.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
No high school diploma	2.6%	29.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
Drove alone	66.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	27.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	7.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
1-unit, detached	93.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Melvindale
Poverty rate	4.3%	34.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1953	1949