Iron Mountain Lake vs Wortham

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

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

Iron Mountain Lake has the higher population (789 vs 163 in Wortham). Since 2019, Iron Mountain Lake's population has grown faster (+12.1% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
Population	789	163
Median age	48.5 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,395	—
Median home value	$38,600	—
Median gross rent	$715	—
Housing units	392	145
Homeownership rate	75.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
Population	704 → 789 (+12.1%)	246 → 163 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)	$29,509 → $28,087 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)	$61,200 → $63,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)	—

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Wortham

Population

246163

Median household income

$29,509$28,087

Median home value

$61,200$63,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	25.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.6%
75 and over	3.8%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
No high school diploma	32.3%	19.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
Drove alone	85.1%	15.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	85.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
1-unit, detached	88.5%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain Lake	Wortham
Poverty rate	26.6%	42.3%
Average household size	2.76	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1964	1976