| Official Name: | Melvin Village, New Hampshire |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Hampshire#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Melvin Village |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Hampshire |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carroll |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tuftonboro |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.07 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.16 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.91 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.34 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.60 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.74 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 273 |
| Population Density Km2: | 65.67 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 170.09 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 520 |
| Coordinates: | 43.6889°N -71.3042°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 03850 |
| Area Code: | 603 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 33-46980 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0868377 |
Melvin Village is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Tuftonboro in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population at the 2020 census was 273.[2] The village is a summer vacation spot on Melvin Bay of Lake Winnipesaukee.
Melvin Village is in the western part of the town of Tuftonboro, where the Melvin River enters Lake Winnipesaukee. Running through the center is New Hampshire Route 109, which leads southeast 10miles to Wolfeboro and northwest 7miles to Moultonborough.
The village is little changed over the last century. Most of the buildings remain and there are few new ones. As recently as 1950, there were two general stores and two gas stations, all of which are now gone. The village was a stop in William Least Heat-Moon's book, Blue Highways.
It has a marina and there are also compounds of cottages and lakeside homes. Merrymount Landing is the only remaining mail boat stop, in the northeastern corner of the lake.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Melvin Village CDP has a total area of 6.1km2, of which 4.2sqkm are land and 1.9sqkm, or 3.15%, are water.[3]
As of the census of 2010, there were 241 people, 115 households, and 76 families residing in the CDP. There were 274 housing units, of which 159, or 58.0%, were vacant. 149 of the vacant units were for seasonal or recreational use. The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.2% white and 0.8% Asian. None of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[4]
Of the 115 households in the CDP, 20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were headed by married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10, and the average family size was 2.50.[4]
15.8% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 3.3% were from age 18 to 24, 14.9% were from 25 to 44, 36.5% were from 45 to 64, and 29.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.[4]
For the period 2011 to 2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $33,417, and the median income for a family was $58,750. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,413.[5]