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Melcher-Dallas Community School District, IA

1,776 Population
63.7 square miles 27.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 39.9 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,917 ±$3,240 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marion County: $40,274 ±$2,163
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,125 ±$19,620 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $78,680 ±$3,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±6.5% (232  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 8.2% † 2,604 (±1.3% / ±408)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±8.4 (21,600  ±4,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Marion County: 21 314,925 (±1 / ±18,846)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

695 ±101 Number of households
  • Marion County: 13,316 ±258
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (1,776  ±282) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marion County: 2.4 31,954 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±7.6% (29  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Marion County: 4.4% † 310 (±1.6% / ±115)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

778 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,386 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,700 ±$36,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Marion County: $233,000 ±$9,817
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±4.7% (154  ±85.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marion County: 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

94.7% ±18.8% (1,156  ±156.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 94.8% 21,264 (±3.8% / ±865.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±6.6% (258  ±88.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marion County: 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

1.2% ±1.9% (21  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 2.1% 701
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±2.9% (124  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 5.7% † 1,466 (±0.8% / ±202)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
124 Total veterans ±42 124 Male ±42 N/A Female ±10

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