Melvindale vs Woodhaven

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

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

Woodhaven has the higher population (12,761 vs 12,605 in Melvindale). Woodhaven has the higher median household income ($83,291 vs $41,356 in Melvindale). Woodhaven has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $113,100 in Melvindale).

Population, income & housing

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
Population	12,605	12,761
Median age	31.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,356	$83,291
Median home value	$113,100	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,015
Housing units	4,693	5,451
Homeownership rate	60.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
Population	10,348 → 12,605 (+21.8%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$41,629 → $41,356 (-0.7%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $113,100 (+75.9%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,116 (+30.4%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

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

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
Under 5	9.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.0%
75 and over	3.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	12.3%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	29.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
Drove alone	64.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	27.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	69.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	20.4%
20 or more units	6.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Melvindale	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	34.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1949	1979