Iron Mountain vs Norway

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

Iron Mountain and Norway 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 2,835 in Norway). Iron Mountain has the higher median household income ($56,622 vs $50,025 in Norway). Iron Mountain has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $87,300 in Norway).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain	Norway
Population	7,508	2,835
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,622	$50,025
Median home value	$117,600	$87,300
Median gross rent	$656	$793
Housing units	3,771	1,290
Homeownership rate	72.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain	Norway
Population	7,369 → 7,508 (+1.9%)	2,774 → 2,835 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $56,622 (+14.7%)	$43,287 → $50,025 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $117,600 (+37.1%)	$86,000 → $87,300 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $656 (-2.1%)	$697 → $793 (+13.8%)

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

Norway

Population

2,7742,835

Median household income

$43,287$50,025

Median home value

$86,000$87,300

Median gross rent

$697$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain	Norway
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.7%
75 and over	9.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain	Norway
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain	Norway
Drove alone	73.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain	Norway
1-unit, detached	77.8%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain	Norway
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1954	1955