Des Arc vs Ironton

A side-by-side comparison of Des Arc and Ironton: population, income, housing, and more.

Des Arc and Ironton are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ironton has the higher population (1,755 vs 193 in Des Arc). Des Arc has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $42,415 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $81,700 in Des Arc).

Population, income & housing

	Des Arc	Ironton
Population	193	1,755
Median age	26.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$42,415
Median home value	$81,700	$109,900
Median gross rent	—	$703
Housing units	85	835
Homeownership rate	79.4%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Arc	Ironton
Population	200 → 193 (-3.5%)	1,528 → 1,755 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $62,188 (+148.8%)	$33,214 → $42,415 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $81,700 (+95.9%)	$84,400 → $109,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$629 → $703 (+11.8%)

Des Arc

Population

200193

Median household income

$25,000$62,188

Median home value

$41,700$81,700

Ironton

Population

1,5281,755

Median household income

$33,214$42,415

Median home value

$84,400$109,900

Median gross rent

$629$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Arc	Ironton
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	18.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.7%
75 and over	2.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Arc	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Arc	Ironton
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Arc	Ironton
Drove alone	83.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Arc	Ironton
1-unit, detached	85.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Des Arc	Ironton
Poverty rate	29.5%	19.9%
Average household size	3.06	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1951	1968