Melvindale vs Wayne

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

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

Wayne has the higher population (17,413 vs 12,605 in Melvindale). Wayne has the higher median household income ($54,467 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Wayne has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Melvindale	Wayne
Population	12,605	17,413
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,356	$54,467
Median home value	$113,100	$142,200
Median gross rent	$1,116	$924
Housing units	4,693	7,727
Homeownership rate	60.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvindale	Wayne
Population	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)	16,976 → 17,413 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)	$46,875 → $54,467 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)	$85,100 → $142,200 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)

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

Wayne

Population

16,97617,413

Median household income

$46,875$54,467

Median home value

$85,100$142,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvindale	Wayne
Under 5	9.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.7%
75 and over	3.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvindale	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	60.8%
Black or African American	12.3%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvindale	Wayne
No high school diploma	29.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvindale	Wayne
Drove alone	64.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	27.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvindale	Wayne
1-unit, detached	69.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	12.1%
20 or more units	6.2%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Melvindale	Wayne
Poverty rate	34.4%	15.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1949	1959