Melbourne vs Rhodes

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

Melbourne and Rhodes 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 285 in Rhodes). Melbourne has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $71,029 in Rhodes). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $90,500 in Rhodes).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Rhodes
Population	714	285
Median age	39.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,857	$71,029
Median home value	$147,400	$90,500
Median gross rent	$722	$436
Housing units	312	139
Homeownership rate	74.8%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Rhodes
Population	843 → 714 (-15.3%)	260 → 285 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$68,690 → $82,857 (+20.6%)	$63,750 → $71,029 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $147,400 (+34.4%)	$78,700 → $90,500 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $722 (-2.0%)	$570 → $436 (-23.5%)

Melbourne

Population

843714

Median household income

$68,690$82,857

Median home value

$109,700$147,400

Median gross rent

$737$722

Rhodes

Population

260285

Median household income

$63,750$71,029

Median home value

$78,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$570$436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	Rhodes
Under 5	7.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	18.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	14.7%
75 and over	7.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Rhodes
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Rhodes
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Rhodes
Drove alone	82.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Rhodes
1-unit, detached	77.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Rhodes
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1962	1938