Knoxville vs Melcher-Dallas

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

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

Knoxville has the higher population (7,493 vs 1,228 in Melcher-Dallas). Melcher-Dallas has the higher median household income ($72,824 vs $70,136 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $94,600 in Melcher-Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
Population	7,493	1,228
Median age	42.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,136	$72,824
Median home value	$147,600	$94,600
Median gross rent	$810	$798
Housing units	3,463	525
Homeownership rate	74.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
Population	7,192 → 7,493 (+4.2%)	1,160 → 1,228 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$47,844 → $70,136 (+46.6%)	$38,611 → $72,824 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $147,600 (+55.2%)	$73,300 → $94,600 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $810 (+20.5%)	$581 → $798 (+37.3%)

Knoxville

Population

7,1927,493

Median household income

$47,844$70,136

Median home value

$95,100$147,600

Median gross rent

$672$810

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)

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
Under 5	5.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.4%
75 and over	10.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
Drove alone	75.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	6.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
1-unit, detached	77.4%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Melcher-Dallas
Poverty rate	9.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1965	1938