Iron Horse vs Meadow Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Iron Horse and Meadow Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Iron Horse and Meadow Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Horse has the higher population (575 vs 469 in Meadow Valley). Meadow Valley has the higher median household income ($63,074 vs $56,066 in Iron Horse). Meadow Valley has the higher median home value ($280,200 vs $195,500 in Iron Horse).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
Population	575	469
Median age	37.8 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,066	$63,074
Median home value	$195,500	$280,200
Housing units	377	367
Homeownership rate	76.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
Population	191 → 575 (+201.0%)	420 → 469 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$50,231 → $56,066 (+11.6%)	$70,625 → $63,074 (-10.7%)
Median home value	$222,100 → $195,500 (-12.0%)	$239,700 → $280,200 (+16.9%)

Iron Horse

Population

191575

Median household income

$50,231$56,066

Median home value

$222,100$195,500

Meadow Valley

Population

420469

Median household income

$70,625$63,074

Median home value

$239,700$280,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
Under 5	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	35.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	34.3%	24.5%
75 and over	0.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	59.8%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
Drove alone	100.0%	55.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
1-unit, detached	32.1%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Iron Horse	Meadow Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.44
Median year structure built	1978	1976