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Melrose, IA

139 Population
1 square miles 136.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.8 ±39.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 42.1 ±1.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,979 ±$7,195 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Monroe County: $35,430 ±$2,436
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,250 ±$13,960 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $72,518 † ±$10,057
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

27.3% ±33.5% (38  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Monroe County: 9.2% † 676 (±3.3% / ±245)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

33.7 minutes ±35.7 (910  ±670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 27.6 92,165 (±2.6 / ±10,517)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

54 ±26 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 2,991 ±168
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.7 (139  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.5 7,388 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

65 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 3,648 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

13.7% ±20.7% (19  ±30.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 12.6% † 947 (±4.2% / ±312.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.8% ±66.1% (91  ±44.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 94.6% 4,927 (±7.9% / ±413.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
4.1% ±27.7% (4  ±26.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Monroe County: 20% † 1,041 (±3.9% / ±202.8)
  • less than a fifth 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

1.4% ±2% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 1.6% 124
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.2% ±9.7% (11  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Monroe County: 5.1% † 296 (±1.2% / ±70)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
11 Total veterans ±13 11 Male ±13 N/A Female ±10

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