Fifty Lakes vs Ironton

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

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

Ironton has the higher population (557 vs 463 in Fifty Lakes). Fifty Lakes has the higher median household income ($79,773 vs $55,536 in Ironton). Fifty Lakes has the higher median home value ($401,000 vs $128,300 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
Population	463	557
Median age	65.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,773	$55,536
Median home value	$401,000	$128,300
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	612	270
Homeownership rate	93.5%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
Population	340 → 463 (+36.2%)	552 → 557 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $79,773 (+65.8%)	$40,000 → $55,536 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$288,200 → $401,000 (+39.1%)	$91,400 → $128,300 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$431 → $900 (+108.8%)

Fifty Lakes

Population

340463

Median household income

$48,125$79,773

Median home value

$288,200$401,000

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)

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	6.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	3.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	5.9%
65 to 74	27.4%	8.4%
75 and over	22.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
Drove alone	73.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	2.4%
Other means	2.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
1-unit, detached	93.0%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fifty Lakes	Ironton
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1980	1957