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Mountain Iron city, St. Louis County, MN

2,865 Population
68.1 square miles 42.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Louis County: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$40,473 ±$3,501 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in St. Louis County: $39,778 ±$1,059
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$81,607 ±$8,907 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $69,455 ±$1,665
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

9.3% ±3.9% (264  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 13.4% 25,849 (±0.6% / ±1,221)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

15.7 minutes ±2.9 (22,035  ±4,880) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 20.1 1,736,890 (±0.4 / ±38,945)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,296 ±78 Number of households
  • St. Louis County: 86,264 ±796
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.1 (2,836  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in St. Louis County: 2.2 191,599 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2.3% ±3.7% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in St. Louis County: 4.5% † 1,946 (±0.7% / ±290)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,423 ±109 Number of housing units
  • St. Louis County: 103,924 ±264
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$180,700 ±$24,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Louis County: $208,500 ±$4,029
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

5.8% ±3.8% (164  ±108.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. Louis County: 13.8% 27,354 (±0.7% / ±1,397)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.1% ±11.3% (2,134  ±269.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 95% 131,198 (±1.5% / ±2,064.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
22.9% ±5.5% (519  ±126.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 32.5% 44,892 (±0.9% / ±1,171.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

1.3% ±1.1% (38  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Louis County: 2.1% 4,262
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

10.9% ±4.4% (261  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Louis County: 7.2% 11,698 (±0.4% / ±606)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
261 Total veterans ±107 256 Male ±105 5 Female ±10

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