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Melville, New York: commercial real estate data.
Melville is a Census CDP of 19,714 people across 12.11 square miles of land, in Suffolk County. Median household income is $159,922, 88.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 62 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Melville
What Melville is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area12.11 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,628
- County holding the largest share of its areaSuffolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
How many people live in Melville
- Population19,714
- Median age49.8
- Population under 183,208
- Share under 1816.3 percent
- Population 65 and over5,671
- Share 65 and over28.8 percent
- Households7,255
- Family households4,928
- Share of households that are families67.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
Income and work in Melville
- Median household income$159,922
- Per capita income$86,207
- Civilian labor force10,206
- Employed9,216
- Unemployed990 plus or minus 595
- Unemployment rate9.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over15,314
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree33.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
Housing in Melville
- Housing units7,489
- Occupied units7,255
- Vacant units234 plus or minus 143
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied6,395
- Renter occupied860 plus or minus 215
- Ownership rate88.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$788,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,501
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent
- Single family units6,129
- Share single family81.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,360
- Share in buildings of two or more18.2 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
How Melville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,708
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,781 plus or minus 438
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,131
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.6 percent
- Drove alone66.6 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport9.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home15.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
SBA loans in Melville (7(a))
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$20,497,300
- Average approval$330,602
- Median approval$110,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$726,190
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported613
- Jobs per approval9.9
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full9
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises12.9 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Melville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 12 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Melville
SBA loans in Melville (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$21,953,000
- Average approval$3,136,143
- Median approval$2,581,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported117
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Melville, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 3 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Suffolk County, not Melville
Suffolk County context, not Melville figures
- Establishments in Suffolk County50,748
- Covered employment, Suffolk County679,594
- Average annual pay, Suffolk County$79,121
- Housing units permitted, Suffolk County1,407
Every figure in this section is published for Suffolk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Melville.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Melville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Melville, New York?
19,714, in 7,255 households. Melville CDP covers 12.11 square miles of land, which is 1,628 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Melville in?
Suffolk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Melville?
$159,922. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $788,900. Median gross rent is $3,501 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Melville businesses?
62 7(a) approvals totaling $20.5 m since FY2020, across 16 lenders, median approval $110,700, plus 7 504 approvals worth $22.0 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Melville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Melville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Melville. Only 12 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Melville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Suffolk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Melville.
Is zoning published for Melville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.