Iron Mountain Lake vs Leadington

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

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

Leadington has the higher population (842 vs 789 in Iron Mountain Lake). Leadington has the higher median household income ($36,402 vs $30,395 in Iron Mountain Lake). Leadington has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $38,600 in Iron Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
Population	789	842
Median age	48.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$30,395	$36,402
Median home value	$38,600	$175,000
Median gross rent	$715	$742
Housing units	392	455
Homeownership rate	75.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
Population	704 → 789 (+12.1%)	621 → 842 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)	$35,852 → $36,402 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)	$84,400 → $175,000 (+107.3%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)	$659 → $742 (+12.6%)

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Leadington

Population

621842

Median household income

$35,852$36,402

Median home value

$84,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$659$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	6.7%
55 to 64	25.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.9%
75 and over	3.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
No high school diploma	32.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	48.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
Drove alone	85.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
1-unit, detached	88.5%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	28.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadington
Poverty rate	26.6%	19.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1964	2004