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Melrose
Population: 153
Median home value: $67,100
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#607 ranked city in Iowa
#12,286 ranked city in USA
Ranks better than 58% of areas
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Melrose Amenities
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Melrose Cost of Living
Cost of living is 10% lower than Iowa
Melrose
80
20% less expensive than the US average
Iowa
89
11% less expensive than the US average
United States
100
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Melrose cost of living
D+
Melrose Crime
Total crime is 36% higher than Iowa
Total crime
3,283
19% higher than the US average
Chance of being a victim
1 in 31
19% higher than the US average
Year-over-year crime
2%
Year over year crime is up
Melrose crime
C-
Melrose Employment
Household income is 10% lower than Iowa
Median household income
$49,375
11% lower than the US average
Income per capita
$23,269
22% lower than the US average
Unemployment rate
2%
64% lower than the US average
Melrose employment
B
Melrose Housing
Home value is 49% lower than Iowa
Median home value
$67,100
64% lower than the US average
Median rent price
$788
17% lower than the US average
Home ownership
78%
23% higher than the US average
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B-
Melrose Schools
HS graduation rate is equal to Iowa
High school grad. rates
87%
5% higher than the US average
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n/a
equal to the US average
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n/a
equal to the US average
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The Melrose, IA data and statistics displayed above are derived from the 2016 United States Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS).
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