Iron Station vs Westport

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

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

Westport has the higher population (5,079 vs 722 in Iron Station). Westport has the higher median household income ($132,206 vs $74,597 in Iron Station). Since 2019, Iron Station's population has grown faster (+24.5% vs +23.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Station	Westport
Population	722	5,079
Median age	23.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,597	$132,206
Median home value	—	$537,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,197
Housing units	314	2,112
Homeownership rate	86.8%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Station	Westport
Population	580 → 722 (+24.5%)	4,117 → 5,079 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$24,773 → $74,597 (+201.1%)	$132,870 → $132,206 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $170,800 (+17.1%)	$466,900 → $537,800 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,635 → $2,197 (+34.4%)

Iron Station

Population

580722

Median household income

$24,773$74,597

Median home value

$145,800$170,800

Westport

Population

4,1175,079

Median household income

$132,870$132,206

Median home value

$466,900$537,800

Median gross rent

$1,635$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Station	Westport
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	42.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	18.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Station	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Station	Westport
No high school diploma	17.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Station	Westport
Drove alone	100.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Station	Westport
1-unit, detached	26.4%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
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	73.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Iron Station	Westport
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.6%
Average household size	3.54	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	39
Median year structure built	1988	2005