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Melbourne city is a Census city of 804 people across 0.53 square miles of land, in Marshall County. Median household income is $71,667, 75.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Melbourne
What Melbourne is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.53 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,523
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarshall County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melbourne
How many people live in Melbourne
- Population804
- Median age38.8
- Population under 18225 plus or minus 59
- Share under 1828.0 percent
- Population 65 and over153 plus or minus 40
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households324
- Family households202 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melbourne
Income and work in Melbourne
- Median household income$71,667
- Per capita income$35,272
- Civilian labor force402
- Employed381 plus or minus 78
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over519
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melbourne
Housing in Melbourne
- Housing units338
- Occupied units324
- Vacant units14 plus or minus 16
- Vacancy rate4.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied245
- Renter occupied79 plus or minus 35
- Ownership rate75.6 percent plus or minus 17.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$155,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$756
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.7 percent
- Single family units281
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more16.9 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melbourne
How Melbourne gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute357 plus or minus 74
- Commuting under 15 minutes58 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more143 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.1 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Drove alone85.2 percent
- Carpooled7.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marshall County, not Melbourne
Marshall County context, not Melbourne figures
These are Marshall County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Melbourne measurements.
- Establishments in Marshall County786
- Employment at those establishments, Marshall County13,187
- Covered employment, Marshall County16,042
- Average annual pay, Marshall County$55,625
- Average weekly wage, Marshall County$1,070
- Housing units permitted, Marshall County37
- Of those, single family, Marshall County27
- County product, 2024, Marshall County$2,316,784,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marshall County1.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marshall County$49,938
Every figure in this section is published for Marshall County as a whole and is not a measurement of Melbourne. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Melbourne questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Melbourne, Iowa?
804, in 324 households. Melbourne city covers 0.53 square miles of land, which is 1,523 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Melbourne in?
Marshall County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Melbourne?
$71,667. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $155,400. Median gross rent is $756 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Melbourne figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marshall County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Melbourne.
Is zoning published for Melbourne?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.