Melvindale vs Riverview

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

Melvindale and Riverview 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 12,269 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($71,783 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Riverview has the higher median home value ($200,500 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Melvindale	Riverview
Population	12,605	12,269
Median age	31.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,356	$71,783
Median home value	$113,100	$200,500
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,050
Housing units	4,693	5,333
Homeownership rate	60.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvindale	Riverview
Population	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)	12,137 → 12,269 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)	$58,246 → $71,783 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)	$149,400 → $200,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)	$795 → $1,050 (+32.1%)

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

Riverview

Population

12,13712,269

Median household income

$58,246$71,783

Median home value

$149,400$200,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvindale	Riverview
Under 5	9.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.9%
75 and over	3.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvindale	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	12.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvindale	Riverview
No high school diploma	29.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvindale	Riverview
Drove alone	64.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	27.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvindale	Riverview
1-unit, detached	69.8%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Melvindale	Riverview
Poverty rate	34.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1949	1969