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. Much of the housing stock in Iron Station was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Iron Station economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Iron Station, where the median household income is $77,083.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Iron Station is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.14% of the Iron Station workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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%). Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Iron Station is worth considering. 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 very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Iron Station isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. 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.
