Melvin vs Ocheyedan

A side-by-side comparison of Melvin and Ocheyedan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ocheyedan has the higher population (486 vs 311 in Melvin). Ocheyedan has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $65,795 in Melvin). Ocheyedan has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $51,500 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
Population	311	486
Median age	31.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,795	$71,875
Median home value	$51,500	$105,400
Median gross rent	$600	—
Housing units	123	256
Homeownership rate	79.4%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
Population	266 → 311 (+16.9%)	514 → 486 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $65,795 (+17.6%)	$53,750 → $71,875 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $51,500 (+10.0%)	$73,300 → $105,400 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $600 (+18.8%)	$513 → $420 (-18.1%)

Melvin

Population

266311

Median household income

$55,938$65,795

Median home value

$46,800$51,500

Median gross rent

$505$600

Ocheyedan

Population

514486

Median household income

$53,750$71,875

Median home value

$73,300$105,400

Median gross rent

$513$420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	29.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	4.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	5.3%
75 and over	6.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
No high school diploma	33.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
Drove alone	88.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
1-unit, detached	90.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melvin	Ocheyedan
Poverty rate	36.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1954	1945