Iron Station vs Lowesville

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

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

Lowesville has the higher population (3,737 vs 722 in Iron Station). Lowesville has the higher median household income ($117,835 vs $74,597 in Iron Station). Since 2019, Iron Station's population has grown faster (+24.5% vs +16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Station	Lowesville
Population	722	3,737
Median age	23.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,597	$117,835
Median home value	—	$381,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,578
Housing units	314	1,401
Homeownership rate	86.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Station	Lowesville
Population	580 → 722 (+24.5%)	3,208 → 3,737 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$24,773 → $74,597 (+201.1%)	$87,882 → $117,835 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $170,800 (+17.1%)	$262,300 → $381,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,213 → $1,578 (+30.1%)

Iron Station

Population

580722

Median household income

$24,773$74,597

Median home value

$145,800$170,800

Lowesville

Population

3,2083,737

Median household income

$87,882$117,835

Median home value

$262,300$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Station	Lowesville
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	42.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Station	Lowesville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.5%
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	19.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Station	Lowesville
No high school diploma	17.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Station	Lowesville
Drove alone	100.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Station	Lowesville
1-unit, detached	26.4%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	73.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Iron Station	Lowesville
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.2%
Average household size	3.54	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1988	2001