Wayne County, Michigan
Melvindale Real Estate and Local Guide
Compact Downriver city built in the 1920s to house Ford Rouge plant workers, incorporated as a village in 1924 and a city in 1933, with its biggest growth in the wartime 1940s Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know Melvindale best.
About the area
Living in Melvindale, MI
77 percent of residents live within a ten-minute walk of a park, per the Trust for Public Land's ParkServe data.
The housing market
Homes in Melvindale
- 60.0% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied.
- 69.8% of housing units are single-family detached homes.
- Median home value of $113,100.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes Melvindale home
Melvindale Civic Arena
City ice arena at 4300 South Dearborn Street with public skating, hockey, and indoor soccer
John K. Kessey Fieldhouse
City recreation fieldhouse run by Parks and Recreation
Oakwood Heights origins
The city grew from the Oakwood Heights farm plat developed in the 1920s to house Ford Rouge plant workers and was named for developer Melvin Wilkinson
Melvindale city parks
Four city parks; 77 percent of residents live within a ten-minute walk of a park
Melvindale Parks and Recreation programs
Community recreation programming across the arena, fieldhouse, and parks
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Local facts on this page are verified against public sources as part of the AppWT local-data project. Data reflects the most recent available figures.