Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  8.2% | | Whole state: |  9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 4.0% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Melcher-Dallas, IA
Melcher-Dallas compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Marion County Iowa:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (88%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Religion statistics for Melcher-Dallas
| Name | Reformed Church in America | Christian Reformed Church in North America | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA |
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| Adherents | 23.6% | 17.5% | 14.3% | 10.6% | 5.7% |
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| Congregations | 9.5% | 11.1% | 20.6% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Lutheran Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 11.6% |
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| Congregations | 3.2% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 31.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,454 | $29,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $4,677 | $28,062 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $1,138 | $13,656 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $2,252 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $4,597 | $55,164 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,688 | $32,256 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,152 | $25,824 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $2,024 | $24,288 | 1 | $797 |
| Totals for Government |
8 | $19,730 | $29,595 | 4 | $3,049 |
Melcher-Dallas government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $136,000
All Other: $24,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $126,000
Regular Highways: $124,000
Water Utilities: $88,000
General - Other: $53,000
Police Protection: $47,000
Fire Protection: $25,000
Financial Administration: $16,000
General Public Buildings: $10,000
Health Services - Other: $3,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Libraries: $2,000
Central Staff Services: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $12,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $18,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $8,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $140,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $359,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $102,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $207,000
Water Utilities: $132,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $50,000
Water Utilities: $8,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $12,000
General Revenue, NEC: $7,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $492,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $108,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $104,000
Health & Hospitals: $40,000
General Support: $15,000
- Tax - Property: $185,000
Total General Sales: $34,000
NEC: $2,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $208,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $7,000
6.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,503 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.34% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,851 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.11% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Melcher-Dallas:
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KRNT (1350 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KNIA (1320 AM; 1 kW; KNOXVILLE, IA; Owner: M AND H BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXNO (1460 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KXLQ (1490 AM; 1 kW; INDIANOLA, IA; Owner: WARREN BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Melcher-Dallas:
- KAZR (103.3 FM; PELLA, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KIOA (93.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KGGO (94.9 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KELR-FM (105.3 FM; CHARITON, IA; Owner: FMC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
- KKDM (107.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KSTZ (102.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KRLS (92.1 FM; KNOXVILLE, IA; Owner: M AND H BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLBA-FM (96.7 FM; ALBIA, IA; Owner: H & H BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KKSI (101.5 FM; EDDYVILLE, IA; Owner: O-TOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KJJC (107.1 FM; OSCEOLA, IA; Owner: THOMAS H. BURKE, RECEIVER FOR LIFESTYLE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Melcher-Dallas:
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)
- KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- WHO-TV (Channel 13; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- WBXF-CA (Channel 4; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
- KRPG-LP (Channel 43; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
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