Chisholm vs Mountain Iron

A side-by-side comparison of Chisholm and Mountain Iron: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chisholm has the higher population (4,731 vs 2,865 in Mountain Iron). Mountain Iron has the higher median household income ($81,607 vs $54,815 in Chisholm). Mountain Iron has the higher median home value ($180,700 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
Population	4,731	2,865
Median age	52.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$81,607
Median home value	$108,100	$180,700
Median gross rent	$785	$911
Housing units	2,080	1,423
Homeownership rate	73.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	2,853 → 2,865 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$51,389 → $81,607 (+58.8%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$144,500 → $180,700 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$550 → $911 (+65.6%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Mountain Iron

Population

2,8532,865

Median household income

$51,389$81,607

Median home value

$144,500$180,700

Median gross rent

$550$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
Under 5	2.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	17.8%
75 and over	11.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
Drove alone	82.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
1-unit, detached	85.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Mountain Iron
Poverty rate	11.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1948	1973