Melba is a tiny city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 574 people and just one neighborhood, Melba is the 110th largest community in Idaho.
Melba home prices are not only among the most expensive in Idaho, but Melba real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Melba is a blue-collar town, with 51.05% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Melba is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Melba who work in office and administrative support (14.23%), farm management occupations (7.53%), and food service (6.69%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Melba, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Melba’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Melba, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.55 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Melba doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Melba has a very low overall level of education: only 7.02% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Melba in 2022 was $21,261, which is low income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,044 for a family of four. However, Melba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Melba is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Melba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Melba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Melba also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Melba include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Melba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 40.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 32 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.4% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Melba are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.9% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 47.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Melba, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Mexican roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.