Irondale vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Irondale and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

Irondale and Lake City are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Irondale has the higher population (8,722 vs 2,911 in Lake City). Irondale has the higher median household income ($61,454 vs $57,300 in Lake City). Irondale has the higher median home value ($186,700 vs $168,500 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	Lake City
Population	8,722	2,911
Median age	33.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$57,300
Median home value	$186,700	$168,500
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,130
Housing units	3,153	1,102
Homeownership rate	69.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	Lake City
Population	8,224 → 8,722 (+6.1%)	2,777 → 2,911 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$51,672 → $61,454 (+18.9%)	$49,539 → $57,300 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $186,700 (+91.1%)	$88,200 → $168,500 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $1,478 (+41.0%)	$939 → $1,130 (+20.3%)

Irondale

Population

8,2248,722

Median household income

$51,672$61,454

Median home value

$97,700$186,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,478

Lake City

Population

2,7772,911

Median household income

$49,539$57,300

Median home value

$88,200$168,500

Median gross rent

$939$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irondale	Lake City
Under 5	6.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.2%
75 and over	1.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	10.5%
Black or African American	65.1%	35.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.1%
Asian	0.0%	32.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	Lake City
No high school diploma	11.3%	36.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	Lake City
Drove alone	63.5%	59.9%
Carpooled	21.7%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	8.7%
Other means	1.6%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	Lake City
1-unit, detached	76.5%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	Lake City
Poverty rate	21.7%	15.8%
Average household size	3.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1994	1971