Coal Grove vs Ironton

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Grove and Ironton: population, income, housing, and more.

Coal Grove and Ironton are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ironton has the higher population (10,585 vs 2,144 in Coal Grove). Coal Grove has the higher median household income ($53,324 vs $45,694 in Ironton). Ironton has the higher median home value ($112,400 vs $97,300 in Coal Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Grove	Ironton
Population	2,144	10,585
Median age	34.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,324	$45,694
Median home value	$97,300	$112,400
Median gross rent	$967	$760
Housing units	961	5,098
Homeownership rate	57.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Grove	Ironton
Population	1,913 → 2,144 (+12.1%)	10,599 → 10,585 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$43,622 → $53,324 (+22.2%)	$35,666 → $45,694 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $97,300 (+12.9%)	$95,900 → $112,400 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $967 (+3.4%)	$614 → $760 (+23.8%)

Coal Grove

Population

1,9132,144

Median household income

$43,622$53,324

Median home value

$86,200$97,300

Median gross rent

$935$967

Ironton

Population

10,59910,585

Median household income

$35,666$45,694

Median home value

$95,900$112,400

Median gross rent

$614$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Grove	Ironton
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.7%
75 and over	3.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Grove	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	13.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Grove	Ironton
No high school diploma	17.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Grove	Ironton
Drove alone	87.8%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Grove	Ironton
1-unit, detached	85.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Coal Grove	Ironton
Poverty rate	16.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1953	1950