Ironwood vs Ramsay

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

Ironwood and Ramsay 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 182 in Ramsay). Ramsay has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $37,191 in Ironwood). Ironwood has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $50,000 in Ramsay).

Population, income & housing

	Ironwood	Ramsay
Population	5,004	182
Median age	50.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,191	$56,250
Median home value	$74,900	$50,000
Median gross rent	$555	—
Housing units	3,072	160
Homeownership rate	72.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironwood	Ramsay
Population	4,955 → 5,004 (+1.0%)	282 → 182 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$31,351 → $37,191 (+18.6%)	$32,031 → $56,250 (+75.6%)
Median home value	$47,000 → $74,900 (+59.4%)	$41,200 → $50,000 (+21.4%)
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

Ramsay

Population

282182

Median household income

$32,031$56,250

Median home value

$41,200$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironwood	Ramsay
Under 5	2.5%	12.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	7.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	25.8%
75 and over	15.7%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironwood	Ramsay
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironwood	Ramsay
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironwood	Ramsay
Drove alone	83.9%	96.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironwood	Ramsay
1-unit, detached	82.7%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ironwood	Ramsay
Poverty rate	14.9%	5.5%
Average household size	1.82	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938