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Iron County, WI

6,210 Population
758.2 square miles 8.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,274 ±$1,858 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,625 ±$3,162 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±1.4% (635  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±1.7 (54,850  ±4,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,109 ±149 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (6,107  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±2.9% (76  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,566 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,900 ±$7,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±1.8% (394  ±110.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±4.1% (4,739  ±206.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±2.3% (1,293  ±112.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.5% (91  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1.2% (497  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
497 Total veterans ±62 464 Male ±59 33 Female ±12

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