Mountain Iron vs Proctor

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

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

Proctor has the higher population (3,102 vs 2,865 in Mountain Iron). Mountain Iron has the higher median household income ($81,607 vs $80,913 in Proctor). Proctor has the higher median home value ($219,500 vs $180,700 in Mountain Iron).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
Population	2,865	3,102
Median age	49.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,607	$80,913
Median home value	$180,700	$219,500
Median gross rent	$911	$1,040
Housing units	1,423	1,311
Homeownership rate	74.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
Population	2,853 → 2,865 (+0.4%)	3,040 → 3,102 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$51,389 → $81,607 (+58.8%)	$57,794 → $80,913 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $180,700 (+25.1%)	$147,000 → $219,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $911 (+65.6%)	$653 → $1,040 (+59.3%)

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

Proctor

Population

3,0403,102

Median household income

$57,794$80,913

Median home value

$147,000$219,500

Median gross rent

$653$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.0%
75 and over	8.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	3.7%
Asian	1.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
Drove alone	74.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.4%
Other means	5.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
1-unit, detached	69.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	13.8%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Iron	Proctor
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1973	1969