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Melcher-Dallas, IA

1,176 Population
1 square miles 1,131 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 39.9 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,515 ±$3,785 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $40,274 ±$2,163
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,611 ±$14,472 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $78,680 ±$3,041
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.6% ±7.4% (160  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 8.2% † 2,604 (±1.3% / ±408)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±2.1 (11,935  ±3,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 21 314,925 (±1 / ±18,846)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

448 ±87 Number of households
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 13,316 ±258
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (1,176  ±262) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2.4 31,954 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±9.8% (29  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 4.4% † 310 (±1.6% / ±115)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

513 ±85 Number of housing units
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 14,386 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,800 ±$22,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $233,000 ±$9,817
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±6.3% (105  ±75.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 12.2% † 4,054 (±1.9% / ±628.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±27.2% (756  ±141.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 94.8% 21,264 (±3.8% / ±865.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±9.9% (174  ±86.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 32.1% 7,200 (±2.4% / ±531.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±2.9% (21  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2.1% 701
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±3.6% (63  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,466 (±0.8% / ±202)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
63 Total veterans ±34 63 Male ±34 N/A Female ±10

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