Iron Mountain vs Kingsford

A side-by-side comparison of Iron Mountain and Kingsford: population, income, housing, and more.

Iron Mountain and Kingsford are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Mountain has the higher population (7,508 vs 5,138 in Kingsford). Kingsford has the higher median household income ($61,108 vs $56,622 in Iron Mountain). Iron Mountain has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $110,600 in Kingsford).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
Population	7,508	5,138
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,622	$61,108
Median home value	$117,600	$110,600
Median gross rent	$656	$861
Housing units	3,771	2,290
Homeownership rate	72.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
Population	7,369 → 7,508 (+1.9%)	4,992 → 5,138 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $56,622 (+14.7%)	$43,974 → $61,108 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $117,600 (+37.1%)	$93,000 → $110,600 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $656 (-2.1%)	$653 → $861 (+31.9%)

Iron Mountain

Population

7,3697,508

Median household income

$49,364$56,622

Median home value

$85,800$117,600

Median gross rent

$670$656

Kingsford

Population

4,9925,138

Median household income

$43,974$61,108

Median home value

$93,000$110,600

Median gross rent

$653$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.8%
75 and over	9.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
Drove alone	73.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
1-unit, detached	77.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	14.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain	Kingsford
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1954	1968