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.When you are in Iron Station, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.14% of Iron Station’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Iron Station is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Iron Station who work in office and administrative support (27.73%), teaching (12.89%), and healthcare suport services (10.94%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Iron Station has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Iron Station a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Iron Station, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.59 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Iron Station is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Iron Station is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Iron Station has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Iron Station is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Iron Station who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.60% of the adults 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.
