Ironton vs Walloon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ironton and Walloon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walloon Lake has the higher population (258 vs 187 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $84,250 in Walloon Lake). Walloon Lake has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $232,900 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
Population	187	258
Median age	53.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,313	$84,250
Median home value	$232,900	$260,000
Housing units	154	190
Homeownership rate	88.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
Population	114 → 187 (+64.0%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $90,313 (+103.3%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $232,900 (+89.0%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Ironton

Population

114187

Median household income

$44,432$90,313

Median home value

$123,200$232,900

Walloon Lake

Population

224258

Median household income

$66,154$84,250

Median home value

$166,700$260,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	4.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	29.4%	14.7%
75 and over	13.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	95.0%
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	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	76.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	98.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Ironton	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1967	1982