Ironwood vs Marenisco

A side-by-side comparison of Ironwood and Marenisco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ironwood has the higher population (5,004 vs 198 in Marenisco). Marenisco has the higher median household income ($40,556 vs $37,191 in Ironwood). Ironwood has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $45,400 in Marenisco).

Population, income & housing

	Ironwood	Marenisco
Population	5,004	198
Median age	50.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,191	$40,556
Median home value	$74,900	$45,400
Median gross rent	$555	—
Housing units	3,072	167
Homeownership rate	72.8%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironwood	Marenisco
Population	4,955 → 5,004 (+1.0%)	134 → 198 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$31,351 → $37,191 (+18.6%)	$51,250 → $40,556 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$47,000 → $74,900 (+59.4%)	$54,600 → $45,400 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $555 (+8.8%)	—

Ironwood

Population

4,9555,004

Median household income

$31,351$37,191

Median home value

$47,000$74,900

Median gross rent

$510$555

Marenisco

Population

134198

Median household income

$51,250$40,556

Median home value

$54,600$45,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironwood	Marenisco
Under 5	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	5.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	33.8%
75 and over	15.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironwood	Marenisco
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	16.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironwood	Marenisco
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironwood	Marenisco
Drove alone	83.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	15.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironwood	Marenisco
1-unit, detached	82.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Ironwood	Marenisco
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.1%
Average household size	1.82	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1957