East Central Iowa News

Melbourne ranked 487th among cities in Iowa by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Melbourne residents was an inflation-adjusted $27,411 per year. Melbourne had 308 households in 2017, with a population of 765.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Bentley. Bentley's median income was $73,309 per year after adjusting for inflation – $45,898 more than Melbourne. It had 43 households in 2017 and a population of 104.

Rodney had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Iowa, with a median income of only $9,659 per year. That was $17,752 less than the median income in Melbourne at the time. Rodney had 29 households in 2017 and a population of 50.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Bentley	73,309
2	High Amana	62,961
3	Twin Lakes	62,857
4	Cumming	55,938
5	Shueyville	53,214
6	Sun Valley Lake	51,500
7	Johnston	50,124
8	Jackson Junction	48,750
9	Walford	48,750
10	Oyens	47,778
11	Waukee	47,655
12	Fairfax	47,357
13	Westwood	46,875
14	Long Grove	46,797
15	Grimes	46,509
16	St. Marys	46,429
17	Oakland Acres	45,833
18	Granger	45,370
19	Ely	45,304
20	Green Mountain	45,288
21	Robins	44,671
22	Clive	44,608
23	Swisher	44,522
24	Roland	44,352
25	Bondurant	43,525
26	Asbury	43,380
27	North Liberty	43,179
28	Homestead	42,635
29	Weston	42,596
30	Brunsville	42,143
31	Le Claire	42,049
32	Lake Panorama	41,977
33	Polk City	41,951
34	Dike	41,906
35	Norwalk	41,823
36	Van Meter	41,813
37	West Des Moines	41,745
38	Cotter	41,667
39	Atkins	41,563
40	Middle Amana	41,146
41	Underwood	41,136
42	Cylinder	40,625
43	Tiffin	40,477
44	Donahue	40,441
45	Bertram	40,357
46	Hinton	40,260
47	Hudson	40,257
48	Slater	40,069
49	Gilbert	39,773
50	Crescent	39,712
51	Bettendorf	39,528
52	Center Point	39,450
53	Panama	39,063
54	Peosta	38,833
55	Alleman	38,750
56	Lambs Grove	38,750
57	Cambridge	38,750
58	Altoona	38,262
59	Wahpeton	38,125
60	Raymond	37,955
61	Ellston	37,917
62	Carlisle	37,773
63	Climbing Hill	37,734
64	Ventura	37,721
65	Ankeny	37,702
66	Blue Grass	37,654
67	Kelley	37,434
68	Haverhill	37,321
69	Springbrook	37,188
70	Pleasant Hill	37,082
71	Okoboji	37,059
72	Treynor	36,875
73	Luther	36,875
74	Miles	36,818
75	Princeton	36,786
76	Adel	36,696
77	McClelland	36,667
78	De Witt	36,629
79	Hartwick	36,250
80	Turin	36,250
81	Huxley	36,250
82	West Okoboji	36,125
83	Logan	36,037
84	McCausland	36,016
85	Riverdale	35,938
86	Reinbeck	35,915
87	Windsor Heights	35,820
88	Prairie City	35,811
89	Milo	35,801
90	Newhall	35,795
91	Willey	35,769
92	Conroy	35,724
93	Matlock	35,714
94	Fruitland	35,688
95	Earlham	35,636
96	Kinross	35,500
97	Janesville	35,469
98	Lester	35,455
99	Dallas Center	35,396
100	Bernard	35,357

* All values are inflation-adjusted