Crouse vs Iron Station

A side-by-side comparison of Crouse and Iron Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Crouse and Iron Station are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Station has the higher population (722 vs 358 in Crouse). Crouse has the higher median household income ($82,667 vs $74,597 in Iron Station). Since 2019, Crouse's population has grown faster (+150.3% vs +24.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crouse	Iron Station
Population	358	722
Median age	62.0 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,667	$74,597
Median home value	$212,700	—
Housing units	194	314
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crouse	Iron Station
Population	143 → 358 (+150.3%)	580 → 722 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$153,864 → $82,667 (-46.3%)	$24,773 → $74,597 (+201.1%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $212,700 (+16.4%)	$145,800 → $170,800 (+17.1%)

Crouse

Population

143358

Median household income

$153,864$82,667

Median home value

$182,800$212,700

Iron Station

Population

580722

Median household income

$24,773$74,597

Median home value

$145,800$170,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crouse	Iron Station
Under 5	10.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	42.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	30.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.2%
75 and over	10.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crouse	Iron Station
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	6.1%	19.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crouse	Iron Station
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	50.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crouse	Iron Station
Drove alone	88.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crouse	Iron Station
1-unit, detached	90.2%	26.4%
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	9.8%	73.6%

Poverty & households

	Crouse	Iron Station
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.85	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	48	18
Median year structure built	1957	1988