Ironwood vs Wakefield

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

Ironwood and Wakefield 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 1,789 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($48,413 vs $37,191 in Ironwood). Ironwood has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $71,400 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Ironwood	Wakefield
Population	5,004	1,789
Median age	50.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,191	$48,413
Median home value	$74,900	$71,400
Median gross rent	$555	$662
Housing units	3,072	975
Homeownership rate	72.8%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironwood	Wakefield
Population	4,955 → 5,004 (+1.0%)	1,529 → 1,789 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$31,351 → $37,191 (+18.6%)	$36,056 → $48,413 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$47,000 → $74,900 (+59.4%)	$56,900 → $71,400 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $555 (+8.8%)	$552 → $662 (+19.9%)

Ironwood

Population

4,9555,004

Median household income

$31,351$37,191

Median home value

$47,000$74,900

Median gross rent

$510$555

Wakefield

Population

1,5291,789

Median household income

$36,056$48,413

Median home value

$56,900$71,400

Median gross rent

$552$662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironwood	Wakefield
Under 5	2.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.1%
75 and over	15.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironwood	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironwood	Wakefield
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironwood	Wakefield
Drove alone	83.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironwood	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	82.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ironwood	Wakefield
Poverty rate	14.9%	22.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1938	1944