Le Grand vs Melbourne

A side-by-side comparison of Le Grand and Melbourne: population, income, housing, and more.

Le Grand and Melbourne are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Le Grand has the higher population (779 vs 714 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $68,438 in Le Grand). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $124,300 in Le Grand).

Population, income & housing

	Le Grand	Melbourne
Population	779	714
Median age	48.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,438	$82,857
Median home value	$124,300	$147,400
Median gross rent	$739	$722
Housing units	418	312
Homeownership rate	88.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Grand	Melbourne
Population	990 → 779 (-21.3%)	843 → 714 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $68,438 (+22.2%)	$68,690 → $82,857 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $124,300 (+0.4%)	$109,700 → $147,400 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $739 (-6.3%)	$737 → $722 (-2.0%)

Le Grand

Population

990779

Median household income

$56,000$68,438

Median home value

$123,800$124,300

Median gross rent

$789$739

Melbourne

Population

843714

Median household income

$68,690$82,857

Median home value

$109,700$147,400

Median gross rent

$737$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Le Grand	Melbourne
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.9%	13.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Grand	Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Grand	Melbourne
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Grand	Melbourne
Drove alone	84.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Grand	Melbourne
1-unit, detached	76.8%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Le Grand	Melbourne
Poverty rate	11.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1973	1962