Single-family homes in Melvindale, 2026

Look past the headlines and the numbers start talking. The Census puts the homes that are single-family houses in Melvindale at 73.0%.

That is 5% above the Wayne County figure of 69.6%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 69.8%, it is 5% above.

Where Melvindale stands

Among 42 communities in Wayne County, Melvindale has the 16th highest figure, above 63% of them. The middle figure in that group is 70.5%, so Melvindale sits above the typical one.

The range runs from 28.1% in Belleville to 96.5% in Grosse Pointe Farms. The highest figures in the group belong to Grosse Pointe Farms (96.5%), Redford (93.5%), and Grosse Pointe Woods (93.2%).

Across all 199 Metro Detroit communities, Melvindale ranks 116th.

Next door

Detroit nearby comes in at 64.3%, 12% lower. Dearborn nearby comes in at 73.9%, about the same.

Lincoln Park nearby comes in at 83.7%, 15% higher. Allen Park nearby comes in at 92.1%, 26% higher.

Related numbers

For homes in buildings of 20 or more units, Melvindale comes in at 1.3%. For homes standing vacant, Melvindale comes in at 7.2%.

For homes built in 2020 or later, Melvindale comes in at 0.4%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Single-family houses mean yards and driveways; fewer of them means more apartments, condos and duplexes.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Melvindale with the 42 communities in Wayne County that have the same figure on file, highest first.