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Mountain Iron city, St. Louis County, MN

2,860 Population
68.1 square miles 42 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Louis County: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,489 ±$4,926 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $41,302 ±$1,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,293 ±$11,205 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $70,069 ±$1,494
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±5.7% (328  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Louis County: 13.2% 25,560 (±0.7% / ±1,311)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±3 (23,170  ±5,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 19.9 1,691,440 (±0.3 / ±34,627)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,346 ±98 Number of households
  • St. Louis County: 87,115 ±659
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (2,823  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in St. Louis County: 2.2 191,966 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±3.3% (14  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in St. Louis County: 4.5% † 1,976 (±0.6% / ±265)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,499 ±125 Number of housing units
  • St. Louis County: 104,263 ±116
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,800 ±$28,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Louis County: $221,400 ±$3,411
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±4.1% (190  ±115.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in St. Louis County: 13.8% 27,282 (±0.7% / ±1,469.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±12.9% (2,114  ±301.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 95.1% 131,618 (±1.4% / ±1,936.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±6.5% (522  ±147.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 33.6% 46,498 (±0.8% / ±1,106.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • 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

1% ±1% (29  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in St. Louis County: 1.9% 3,857
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±4.7% (262  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Louis County: 7.3% 11,800 (±0.4% / ±642)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
262 Total veterans ±111 258 Male ±109 4 Female ±10

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