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Melvindale, MI
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Living in Melvindale



Melvindale is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 12,632 people and two associated neighborhoods, Melvindale is the 92nd largest community in Michigan.

Also of interest is that Melvindale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In Melvindale, just 12.99% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Melvindale in 2022 was $20,981, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,924 for a family of four. However, Melvindale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Melvindale also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.18% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Melvindale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Melvindale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Melvindale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Melvindale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.79% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Melvindale include Other Arab, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

In addition, Melvindale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.12%).

The most common language spoken in Melvindale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.


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