Iron Mountain vs Quinnesec

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

Iron Mountain and Quinnesec 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 1,150 in Quinnesec). Quinnesec has the higher median household income ($61,328 vs $56,622 in Iron Mountain). Iron Mountain has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $117,200 in Quinnesec).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
Population	7,508	1,150
Median age	42.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,622	$61,328
Median home value	$117,600	$117,200
Median gross rent	$656	—
Housing units	3,771	601
Homeownership rate	72.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
Population	7,369 → 7,508 (+1.9%)	1,177 → 1,150 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $56,622 (+14.7%)	$80,323 → $61,328 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $117,600 (+37.1%)	$92,100 → $117,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $656 (-2.1%)	—

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

Quinnesec

Population

1,1771,150

Median household income

$80,323$61,328

Median home value

$92,100$117,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
Under 5	5.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	43.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.1%
75 and over	9.7%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
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%	10.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
Drove alone	73.7%	94.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
1-unit, detached	77.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain	Quinnesec
Poverty rate	11.5%	19.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1954	1974