Iron Mountain Lake vs Leadwood

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

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

Leadwood has the higher population (1,524 vs 789 in Iron Mountain Lake). Leadwood has the higher median household income ($44,167 vs $30,395 in Iron Mountain Lake). Leadwood has the higher median home value ($64,000 vs $38,600 in Iron Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
Population	789	1,524
Median age	48.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,395	$44,167
Median home value	$38,600	$64,000
Median gross rent	$715	$802
Housing units	392	616
Homeownership rate	75.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
Population	704 → 789 (+12.1%)	1,443 → 1,524 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)	$37,241 → $44,167 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)	$51,000 → $64,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)	$766 → $802 (+4.7%)

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Leadwood

Population

1,4431,524

Median household income

$37,241$44,167

Median home value

$51,000$64,000

Median gross rent

$766$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
Under 5	5.6%	11.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	25.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.9%
75 and over	3.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
No high school diploma	32.3%	19.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
Drove alone	85.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
1-unit, detached	88.5%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain Lake	Leadwood
Poverty rate	26.6%	40.2%
Average household size	2.76	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1964	1940