Melbourne vs State Center

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

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

State Center has the higher population (1,548 vs 714 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $72,303 in State Center). State Center has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $147,400 in Melbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	State Center
Population	714	1,548
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,857	$72,303
Median home value	$147,400	$156,300
Median gross rent	$722	$741
Housing units	312	687
Homeownership rate	74.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	State Center
Population	843 → 714 (-15.3%)	1,661 → 1,548 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$68,690 → $82,857 (+20.6%)	$63,375 → $72,303 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $147,400 (+34.4%)	$117,600 → $156,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $722 (-2.0%)	$613 → $741 (+20.9%)

Melbourne

Population

843714

Median household income

$68,690$82,857

Median home value

$109,700$147,400

Median gross rent

$737$722

State Center

Population

1,6611,548

Median household income

$63,375$72,303

Median home value

$117,600$156,300

Median gross rent

$613$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	State Center
Under 5	7.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	State Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	State Center
No high school diploma	3.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	State Center
Drove alone	82.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	16.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	State Center
1-unit, detached	77.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	State Center
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1962	1948