Irondale vs Morrow

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

Irondale and Morrow 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 6,519 in Morrow). Irondale has the higher median household income ($61,454 vs $61,215 in Morrow). Morrow has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $186,700 in Irondale).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	Morrow
Population	8,722	6,519
Median age	33.9 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$61,215
Median home value	$186,700	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,401
Housing units	3,153	1,834
Homeownership rate	69.0%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	Morrow
Population	8,224 → 8,722 (+6.1%)	6,965 → 6,519 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$51,672 → $61,454 (+18.9%)	$52,372 → $61,215 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $186,700 (+91.1%)	$112,100 → $221,900 (+97.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $1,478 (+41.0%)	$885 → $1,401 (+58.3%)

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

Morrow

Population

6,9656,519

Median household income

$52,372$61,215

Median home value

$112,100$221,900

Median gross rent

$885$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irondale	Morrow
Under 5	6.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	24.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.5%
75 and over	1.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	Morrow
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	9.2%
Black or African American	65.1%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	29.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	Morrow
No high school diploma	11.3%	22.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	Morrow
Drove alone	63.5%	50.4%
Carpooled	21.7%	35.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	Morrow
1-unit, detached	76.5%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	Morrow
Poverty rate	21.7%	20.4%
Average household size	3.07	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1994	1974