Donalsonville vs Iron City

A side-by-side comparison of Donalsonville and Iron City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Donalsonville has the higher population (2,823 vs 390 in Iron City). Iron City has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $42,393 in Donalsonville). Iron City has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $100,500 in Donalsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Donalsonville	Iron City
Population	2,823	390
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,393	$52,188
Median home value	$100,500	$106,900
Median gross rent	$859	$683
Housing units	1,325	170
Homeownership rate	48.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donalsonville	Iron City
Population	2,424 → 2,823 (+16.5%)	242 → 390 (+61.2%)
Median household income	$29,075 → $42,393 (+45.8%)	$46,875 → $52,188 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $100,500 (+37.1%)	$83,300 → $106,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $859 (+12.4%)	$538 → $683 (+27.0%)

Donalsonville

Population

2,4242,823

Median household income

$29,075$42,393

Median home value

$73,300$100,500

Median gross rent

$764$859

Iron City

Population

242390

Median household income

$46,875$52,188

Median home value

$83,300$106,900

Median gross rent

$538$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donalsonville	Iron City
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	26.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	20.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.7%
75 and over	6.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donalsonville	Iron City
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	76.2%
Black or African American	68.5%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donalsonville	Iron City
No high school diploma	13.0%	17.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donalsonville	Iron City
Drove alone	79.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	18.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donalsonville	Iron City
1-unit, detached	77.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Donalsonville	Iron City
Poverty rate	23.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1975	1985