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Ironwood, MI

5,004 Population
6.6 square miles 760.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Gogebic County: 51.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,293 ±$5,116 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Gogebic County: $34,085 ±$2,206
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$37,191 ±$6,247 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gogebic County: $49,672 ±$4,577
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

14.9% ±4.8% (732  ±234) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Gogebic County: 15% † 2,100 (±2.4% / ±335)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.6 minutes ±3.5 (33,035  ±7,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gogebic County: 20 108,995 (±1.7 / ±11,095)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,693 ±197 Number of households
  • Gogebic County: 7,038 ±231
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
1.8 ±0.1 (4,898  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gogebic County: 2 14,029 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.5% ±3.1% (32  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gogebic County: 6.2% † 155 (±2.8% / ±70)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

3,072 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Gogebic County: 10,400 ±27
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$74,900 ±$6,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gogebic County: $99,700 ±$8,081
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7.7% ±2.8% (385  ±138.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Gogebic County: 8.2% † 1,168 (±1.4% / ±202.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.5% ±7.7% (3,770  ±366.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gogebic County: 95.8% 10,738 (±4.5% / ±501.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
19.5% ±3.7% (787  ±155.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gogebic County: 21.9% 2,455 (±2% / ±218.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (13  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Gogebic County: 0.8% 120
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

10.3% ±2.9% (439  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Gogebic County: 10.6% † 1,270 (±1.3% / ±152)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
439 Total veterans ±124 439 Male ±124 N/A Female ±15

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