Melcher-Dallas vs Pleasantville

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

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

Pleasantville has the higher population (1,883 vs 1,228 in Melcher-Dallas). Melcher-Dallas has the higher median household income ($72,824 vs $67,692 in Pleasantville). Pleasantville has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $94,600 in Melcher-Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
Population	1,228	1,883
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,824	$67,692
Median home value	$94,600	$161,500
Median gross rent	$798	$830
Housing units	525	798
Homeownership rate	84.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
Population	1,160 → 1,228 (+5.9%)	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$38,611 → $72,824 (+88.6%)	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $94,600 (+29.1%)	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $798 (+37.3%)	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)

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

Pleasantville

Population

1,8591,883

Median household income

$53,220$67,692

Median home value

$151,900$161,500

Median gross rent

$650$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
Under 5	9.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.3%
75 and over	7.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
Drove alone	85.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	91.6%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Melcher-Dallas	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1938	1971