Melvin is home to 430 people in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 13% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 30.7. The typical home is worth $66,300, having risen by half since 2000. Households here earn about 47% less than in Illinois as a whole. Owners hold 82% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $43,958, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 17%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Melvin
What changed most since 1990
Median age38.3 → 30.7(−7.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Poverty rate9.8% → 20.2%(+10.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hispanic share0.0% → 4.0%(+4.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Melvin's population equals 3.2% of Ford County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)41.7%(10)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41.7%(10)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 24 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Melvin, decade by decade
Melvin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
457
$48,645
$60,482
10.4%
1.1
2000
465
$68,312
$80,335
15.0%
5.3
2010
452
$62,773
$86,170
7.9%
9.7
2020
416
$55,840
$71,268
13.4%
29.1
2024
430
$43,958
$66,300
13.0%
36.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
