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Melrose, IA

115 Population
1 square miles 112.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±42.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 41.8 ±2.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,000 ±$9,053 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Monroe County: $35,132 ±$1,935
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,250 ±$21,633 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $70,996 † ±$9,872
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.7% ±39.1% (33  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Monroe County: 9.2% † 673 (±2.9% / ±214)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36 minutes ±45.7 (720  ±643) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 29.4 † 94,595 (±3 / ±11,684)
  • nearly double the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49 ±27 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 3,089 ±141
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (115  ±68) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 7,353 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

57 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 3,656 ±20
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$75,000 ±$70,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Monroe County: $156,300 ±$13,605
  • about one-third of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±15.3% (8  ±18.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 9.9% † 741 (±3.8% / ±280.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±69.4% (74  ±39.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Monroe County: 95.4% 4,979 (±7.7% / ±406.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.7% ±32.8% (3  ±26.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Monroe County: 21.4% † 1,114 (±3.9% / ±205.2)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 10 percent 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

0.9% ±1.7% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 0.8% 56
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±7.1% (10  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Monroe County: 4.8% † 275 (±1.2% / ±68)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10 Total veterans ±9 10 Male ±9 N/A Female ±10

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