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Melvin, IA

311 Population
0.2 square miles 1,915.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±13.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Osceola County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,803 ±$8,966 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Osceola County: $37,142 ±$2,509
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$65,795 ±$29,623 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Osceola County: $69,138 ±$5,176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

36.6% ±21.3% (113  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Osceola County: 16.3% † 981 (±3.7% / ±221)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18.1 minutes ±3.2 (2,405  ±905) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Osceola County: 21 † 58,030 (±4.3 / ±12,151)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

107 ±27 Number of households
  • Osceola County: 2,606 ±94
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.9 ±0.5 (311  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Osceola County: 2.3 5,991 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.3% ±7.8% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Osceola County: 6.3% † 64 (±3.4% / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

123 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Osceola County: 2,867 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$51,500 ±$10,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Osceola County: $123,800 ±$12,127
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

7.1% ±6.9% (22  ±22.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Osceola County: 6% † 362 (±1.7% / ±100.1)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

66.3% ±11.1% (120  ±36) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Osceola County: 85.6% 3,684 (±5.5% / ±238.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
7.7% ±14.2% (14  ±26) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Osceola County: 15.4% † 661 (±2.6% / ±111.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

7.7% ±8.4% (24  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Osceola County: 5.4% 331
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.9% ±4.7% (12  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Osceola County: 8.4% † 392 (±1.5% / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
12 Total veterans ±10 12 Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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