Melcher-Dallas vs Pella

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

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

Pella has the higher population (10,624 vs 1,228 in Melcher-Dallas). Pella has the higher median household income ($81,201 vs $72,824 in Melcher-Dallas). Pella has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $94,600 in Melcher-Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
Population	1,228	10,624
Median age	35.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,824	$81,201
Median home value	$94,600	$259,600
Median gross rent	$798	$1,041
Housing units	525	4,226
Homeownership rate	84.2%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
Population	1,160 → 1,228 (+5.9%)	10,231 → 10,624 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$38,611 → $72,824 (+88.6%)	$68,963 → $81,201 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $94,600 (+29.1%)	$187,400 → $259,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $798 (+37.3%)	$860 → $1,041 (+21.0%)

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

Pella

Population

10,23110,624

Median household income

$68,963$81,201

Median home value

$187,400$259,600

Median gross rent

$860$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
Under 5	9.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	18.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
Drove alone	85.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
1-unit, detached	91.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Melcher-Dallas	Pella
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	13
Median year structure built	1938	1977