Marshalltown vs Melbourne

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

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

Marshalltown has the higher population (27,491 vs 714 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $68,854 in Marshalltown). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $117,100 in Marshalltown).

Population, income & housing

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
Population	27,491	714
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	$82,857
Median home value	$117,100	$147,400
Median gross rent	$864	$722
Housing units	10,893	312
Homeownership rate	66.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
Population	27,053 → 27,491 (+1.6%)	843 → 714 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$52,035 → $68,854 (+32.3%)	$68,690 → $82,857 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $117,100 (+24.2%)	$109,700 → $147,400 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $864 (+26.1%)	$737 → $722 (-2.0%)

Marshalltown

Population

27,05327,491

Median household income

$52,035$68,854

Median home value

$94,300$117,100

Median gross rent

$685$864

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)

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
Under 5	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.4%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
No high school diploma	17.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
Drove alone	74.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
1-unit, detached	70.7%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshalltown	Melbourne
Poverty rate	14.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1958	1962