Amasa vs Iron River

A side-by-side comparison of Amasa and Iron River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iron River has the higher population (3,009 vs 262 in Amasa). Iron River has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $35,536 in Amasa). Iron River has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $56,900 in Amasa).

Population, income & housing

	Amasa	Iron River
Population	262	3,009
Median age	67.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$48,750
Median home value	$56,900	$75,000
Median gross rent	$333	$435
Housing units	201	1,858
Homeownership rate	92.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amasa	Iron River
Population	200 → 262 (+31.0%)	2,854 → 3,009 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$25,795 → $35,536 (+37.8%)	$34,940 → $48,750 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $56,900 (+0.5%)	$54,000 → $75,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $333 (-21.6%)	$477 → $435 (-8.8%)

Amasa

Population

200262

Median household income

$25,795$35,536

Median home value

$56,600$56,900

Median gross rent

$425$333

Iron River

Population

2,8543,009

Median household income

$34,940$48,750

Median home value

$54,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$477$435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amasa	Iron River
Under 5	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	2.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	36.3%	10.1%
75 and over	15.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amasa	Iron River
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amasa	Iron River
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	56.6%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amasa	Iron River
Drove alone	36.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amasa	Iron River
1-unit, detached	86.1%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Amasa	Iron River
Poverty rate	19.6%	23.2%
Average household size	1.67	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1938	1951