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Iron River township, Iron County, MI

861 Population
238.3 square miles 3.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 53.1 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,064 ±$4,203 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iron County: $34,784 ±$2,327
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,655 ±$10,014 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iron County: $55,940 ±$3,026
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±4.8% (104  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iron County: 17% † 1,916 (±2.5% / ±279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±6 (5,925  ±2,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 20 77,130 (±0.8 / ±5,646)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

459 ±75 Number of households
  • Iron County: 5,547 ±190
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (861  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iron County: 2.1 11,353 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±5.5% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iron County: 6.1% † 111 (±2.9% / ±52)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

846 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 9,156 ±51
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,600 ±$43,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iron County: $109,100 ±$6,805
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±8.3% (65  ±72) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iron County: 10.6% † 1,229 (±1.6% / ±189)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±18% (675  ±90.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iron County: 94.7% 8,534 (±3.9% / ±353.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±5.8% (173  ±49) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iron County: 22.5% 2,028 (±1.8% / ±161.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% ±0.7% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Iron County: 0.9% 105
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.7% ±4.4% (102  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 11.1% 1,068 (±1% / ±94)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
102 Total veterans ±36 88 Male ±31 14 Female ±15

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