Hamilton vs Melcher-Dallas

A side-by-side comparison of Hamilton and Melcher-Dallas: population, income, housing, and more.

Hamilton and Melcher-Dallas are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melcher-Dallas has the higher population (1,228 vs 87 in Hamilton). Melcher-Dallas has the higher median household income ($72,824 vs $70,000 in Hamilton). Since 2019, Hamilton's population has grown faster (+35.9% vs +5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
Population	87	1,228
Median age	35.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$72,824
Median home value	—	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$798
Housing units	40	525
Homeownership rate	94.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
Population	64 → 87 (+35.9%)	1,160 → 1,228 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $70,000 (+43.6%)	$38,611 → $72,824 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $61,000 (-14.4%)	$73,300 → $94,600 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $798 (+37.3%)

Hamilton

Population

6487

Median household income

$48,750$70,000

Median home value

$71,300$61,000

Melcher-Dallas

Population

1,1601,228

Median household income

$38,611$72,824

Median home value

$73,300$94,600

Median gross rent

$581$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
Under 5	9.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	28.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.4%
75 and over	5.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	45.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
Drove alone	97.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
1-unit, detached	60.0%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Melcher-Dallas
Poverty rate	3.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1971	1938