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Iron River, WI

826 Population
6.3 square miles 132.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bayfield County: 54.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,902 ±$5,962 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bayfield County: $41,199 ±$1,185
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,536 ±$11,386 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bayfield County: $71,151 ±$2,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±4.6% (116  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bayfield County: 9.8% 1,601 (±0.9% / ±152)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±3.8 (7,555  ±2,348) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bayfield County: 23.3 143,160 (±1.2 / ±8,769)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

385 ±64 Number of households
  • Bayfield County: 7,437 ±202
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (817  ±107) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bayfield County: 2.2 16,470 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±4.7% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bayfield County: 3.2% † 84 (±1.2% / ±31)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

503 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Bayfield County: 13,356 ±41
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,100 ±$15,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bayfield County: $240,800 ±$8,203
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±6.5% (96  ±55.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bayfield County: 8.4% † 1,384 (±1.1% / ±187.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±19.4% (564  ±81.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bayfield County: 96% 12,449 (±2.8% / ±358.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21% ±4.3% (130  ±33.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bayfield County: 35% 4,542 (±1.6% / ±201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.6% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bayfield County: 1.1% 187
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±3.9% (69  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Bayfield County: 10.7% 1,488 (±0.8% / ±106)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±28 58 Male ±27 11 Female ±11

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