Horton Bay vs Ironton

A side-by-side comparison of Horton Bay and Ironton: population, income, housing, and more.

Horton Bay and Ironton are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Horton Bay has the higher population (352 vs 187 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $76,833 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $232,900 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Horton Bay	Ironton
Population	352	187
Median age	64.7 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,833	$90,313
Median home value	$275,000	$232,900
Housing units	342	154
Homeownership rate	93.6%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horton Bay	Ironton
Population	510 → 352 (-31.0%)	114 → 187 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)	$44,432 → $90,313 (+103.3%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)	$123,200 → $232,900 (+89.0%)

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

Ironton

Population

114187

Median household income

$44,432$90,313

Median home value

$123,200$232,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horton Bay	Ironton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	4.8%
65 to 74	31.0%	29.4%
75 and over	18.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horton Bay	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	98.4%
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	8.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horton Bay	Ironton
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horton Bay	Ironton
Drove alone	84.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horton Bay	Ironton
1-unit, detached	95.9%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Horton Bay	Ironton
Poverty rate	1.7%	6.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1980	1967