Bismarck vs Iron Mountain Lake

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

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

Bismarck has the higher population (1,560 vs 789 in Iron Mountain Lake). Bismarck has the higher median household income ($41,550 vs $30,395 in Iron Mountain Lake). Bismarck has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $38,600 in Iron Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
Population	1,560	789
Median age	33.7 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,550	$30,395
Median home value	$108,000	$38,600
Median gross rent	$683	$715
Housing units	735	392
Homeownership rate	62.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
Population	1,453 → 1,560 (+7.4%)	704 → 789 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $41,550 (+13.4%)	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $108,000 (+36.9%)	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $683 (-9.2%)	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)

Bismarck

Population

1,4531,560

Median household income

$36,641$41,550

Median home value

$78,900$108,000

Median gross rent

$752$683

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
Under 5	10.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	25.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.6%
75 and over	4.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	20.4%	32.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
Drove alone	82.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	77.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Iron Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	19.1%	26.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1971	1964