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Melcher-Dallas Community School District, IA

1,942 Population
63.7 square miles 30.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±6.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,932 ±$3,832 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Marion County: $40,540 ±$2,637
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$71,000 ±$15,891 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $78,059 ±$3,404
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

15.5% ±7.5% (301  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Marion County: 7.1% † 2,248 (±1.3% / ±419)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

31.2 minutes ±2.1 (24,255  ±5,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Marion County: 20.4 303,660 (±0.8 / ±17,464)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

746 ±96 Number of households
  • Marion County: 13,409 ±218
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.2 (1,942  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marion County: 2.4 31,896 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9% ±5% (34  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Marion County: 5% † 354 (±1.8% / ±129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

829 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,268 ±50
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$124,600 ±$27,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Marion County: $211,100 ±$11,156
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.1% ±4.2% (117  ±82.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 14.2% † 4,706 (±2.3% / ±773.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.7% ±5.2% (1,244  ±159.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 94.6% 21,135 (±3.9% / ±871.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
17.8% ±6.2% (234  ±85.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Marion County: 33.1% 7,389 (±2.4% / ±544)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Marion County: 2% 679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.1% ±2.9% (113  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 7% † 1,809 (±1% / ±261)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
113 Total veterans ±43 113 Male ±43 N/A Female ±10

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