Liscomb vs Melbourne

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

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

Melbourne has the higher population (714 vs 323 in Liscomb). Melbourne has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $81,336 in Liscomb). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $94,800 in Liscomb).

Population, income & housing

	Liscomb	Melbourne
Population	323	714
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,336	$82,857
Median home value	$94,800	$147,400
Median gross rent	$1,025	$722
Housing units	148	312
Homeownership rate	84.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liscomb	Melbourne
Population	274 → 323 (+17.9%)	843 → 714 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$59,500 → $81,336 (+36.7%)	$68,690 → $82,857 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $94,800 (+48.6%)	$109,700 → $147,400 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $1,025 (+71.4%)	$737 → $722 (-2.0%)

Liscomb

Population

274323

Median household income

$59,500$81,336

Median home value

$63,800$94,800

Median gross rent

$598$1,025

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)

	Liscomb	Melbourne
Under 5	8.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	20.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	2.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liscomb	Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liscomb	Melbourne
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	48.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liscomb	Melbourne
Drove alone	83.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liscomb	Melbourne
1-unit, detached	70.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	20.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Liscomb	Melbourne
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1953	1962