Eveleth vs Mountain Iron

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

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

Eveleth has the higher population (3,470 vs 2,865 in Mountain Iron). Mountain Iron has the higher median household income ($81,607 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Mountain Iron has the higher median home value ($180,700 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
Population	3,470	2,865
Median age	39.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,721	$81,607
Median home value	$91,800	$180,700
Median gross rent	$839	$911
Housing units	2,048	1,423
Homeownership rate	68.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
Population	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)	2,853 → 2,865 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)	$51,389 → $81,607 (+58.8%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)	$144,500 → $180,700 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)	$550 → $911 (+65.6%)

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

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)

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
Under 5	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	17.8%
75 and over	7.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	5.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
Drove alone	83.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.3%
Other means	2.7%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
1-unit, detached	66.1%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	13.7%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Eveleth	Mountain Iron
Poverty rate	19.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1941	1973