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Mountain Iron, MN

2,853 Population
68.1 square miles 41.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,356 ±$2,614 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $31,169 ±$438
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $37,625 ±$160
$51,389 ±$8,469 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $56,573 ±$813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $71,306 ±$262

14.1% ±4.4% (396  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 13.2% 36,791 (±0.5% / ±1,443)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.7% 526,065 (±0.1% / ±7,319)

20 minutes ±3 (24,250  ±4,635) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 20.7 2,768,405 (±0.3 / ±47,171)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.8 64,944,025 (±0.1 / ±287,823)

Families

1,338 ±77 Number of households
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 123,623 ±958
  • Minnesota: 2,185,603 ±5,103
2.1 ±0.1 (2,837  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.2 276,507 (±0 / ±942)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,431,436 (±0)

8.5% ±8.8% (42  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,030 (±0.5% / ±331)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,859 (±0.1% / ±1,659)

Housing

1,415 ±90 Number of housing units
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 151,635 ±538
  • Minnesota: 2,438,203 ±1,284

$144,500 ±$14,871 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $158,900 ±$1,496
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $223,900 ±$467

12% ±6.1% (335  ±169.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 15.2% 43,666 (±0.6% / ±1,713.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 14.1% 773,672 (±0.2% / ±9,094.3)

Social

92% ±9.4% (1,916  ±221.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.3% 188,820 (±1% / ±2,008.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.1% 3,508,509 (±0.3% / ±10,964.5)
21.3% ±4.4% (443  ±95) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 27.6% 55,258 (±0.5% / ±1,063.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 36.1% 1,359,167 (±0.2% / ±6,960.4)

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

2.6% ±2% (75  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.3% 6,620 (±0.2% / ±502)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 472,849 (±0.1% / ±5,480)

10.5% ±3.7% (241  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 9% 20,917 (±0.2% / ±532)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 7% 300,044 (±0.1% / ±2,436)
241 Total veterans ±86 241 Male ±86 N/A Female ±9

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