Melvindale, MI
Census ZIP code profile for Melvindale, MI — 1 ZIPs, total population 10,727. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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Melvindale, MI is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 10,727 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP — Melvindale splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in Melvindale, the median household income averages $42,185 and per-capita income averages $20,408. Poverty rate runs at 39.1% and unemployment at 6.1%. On housing, the average median home value is $125,800 with median rent of $1,110 per month, and 60.8% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP — not population-weighted — so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside Melvindale against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for Melvindale as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates — no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
10,727
Population
$42,185
Median Income
$125,800
Median Home Value
31.3
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ZIP Codes in Melvindale, MI
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48122 | 10,727 | 1,520 | America/Detroit |
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Official Data Resources for Melvindale
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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