Deerwood vs Ironton

A side-by-side comparison of Deerwood and Ironton: population, income, housing, and more.

Deerwood and Ironton are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deerwood has the higher population (649 vs 557 in Ironton). Deerwood has the higher median household income ($62,679 vs $55,536 in Ironton). Deerwood has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $128,300 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Deerwood	Ironton
Population	649	557
Median age	30.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$55,536
Median home value	$214,700	$128,300
Median gross rent	$920	$900
Housing units	292	270
Homeownership rate	56.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerwood	Ironton
Population	553 → 649 (+17.4%)	552 → 557 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $62,679 (+78.0%)	$40,000 → $55,536 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $214,700 (+90.2%)	$91,400 → $128,300 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $920 (+67.3%)	$431 → $900 (+108.8%)

Deerwood

Population

553649

Median household income

$35,208$62,679

Median home value

$112,900$214,700

Median gross rent

$550$920

Ironton

Population

552557

Median household income

$40,000$55,536

Median home value

$91,400$128,300

Median gross rent

$431$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerwood	Ironton
Under 5	2.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	39.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	5.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerwood	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerwood	Ironton
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	24.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerwood	Ironton
Drove alone	73.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	20.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerwood	Ironton
1-unit, detached	55.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	14.4%
20 or more units	16.1%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Deerwood	Ironton
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1984	1957