Iron Station is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 825 people and two associated neighborhoods, Iron Station is the 424th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Iron Station, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Iron Station, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Iron Station’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Iron Station does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $77,083.00.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Iron Station has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Iron Station has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Iron Station than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Iron Station may be for you.

One downside of living in Iron Station is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Iron Station, the average commute to work is 30.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Iron Station is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Iron Station, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Iron Station doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Iron Station is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.60% of adults 25 and older in Iron Station have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Iron Station in 2022 was $24,430, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,720 for a family of four. However, Iron Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Iron Station is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Iron Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iron Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iron Station include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Iron Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.