Iron Junction vs Meadowlands

A side-by-side comparison of Iron Junction and Meadowlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadowlands has the higher population (151 vs 95 in Iron Junction). Meadowlands has the higher median household income ($41,528 vs $38,333 in Iron Junction). Iron Junction has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $55,000 in Meadowlands).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
Population	95	151
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$41,528
Median home value	$127,500	$55,000
Median gross rent	—	$671
Housing units	44	71
Homeownership rate	90.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
Population	110 → 95 (-13.6%)	136 → 151 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $38,333 (-45.6%)	$21,750 → $41,528 (+90.9%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $127,500 (-15.0%)	$48,300 → $55,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)

Iron Junction

Population

11095

Median household income

$70,417$38,333

Median home value

$150,000$127,500

Meadowlands

Population

136151

Median household income

$21,750$41,528

Median home value

$48,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$588$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
Under 5	9.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	29.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	21.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	5.3%
75 and over	6.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
No high school diploma	11.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
Drove alone	92.3%	57.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
1-unit, detached	93.2%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Iron Junction	Meadowlands
Poverty rate	20.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1958	1970