Ironton vs Pilot Knob

A side-by-side comparison of Ironton and Pilot Knob: population, income, housing, and more.

Ironton and Pilot Knob 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 757 in Pilot Knob). Pilot Knob has the higher median household income ($44,853 vs $42,415 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $108,700 in Pilot Knob).

Population, income & housing

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
Population	1,755	757
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,415	$44,853
Median home value	$109,900	$108,700
Median gross rent	$703	$673
Housing units	835	375
Homeownership rate	74.5%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
Population	1,528 → 1,755 (+14.9%)	828 → 757 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $42,415 (+27.7%)	$33,125 → $44,853 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $109,900 (+30.2%)	$88,400 → $108,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $703 (+11.8%)	$622 → $673 (+8.2%)

Ironton

Population

1,5281,755

Median household income

$33,214$42,415

Median home value

$84,400$109,900

Median gross rent

$629$703

Pilot Knob

Population

828757

Median household income

$33,125$44,853

Median home value

$88,400$108,700

Median gross rent

$622$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
Under 5	6.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
No high school diploma	10.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
Drove alone	84.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
1-unit, detached	76.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	25.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Ironton	Pilot Knob
Poverty rate	19.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1968	1972