Ironton vs Proctorville

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

Ironton and Proctorville 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 560 in Proctorville). Ironton has the higher median household income ($45,694 vs $36,726 in Proctorville). Proctorville has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $112,400 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Ironton	Proctorville
Population	10,585	560
Median age	42.5 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,694	$36,726
Median home value	$112,400	$121,900
Median gross rent	$760	$853
Housing units	5,098	368
Homeownership rate	58.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironton	Proctorville
Population	10,599 → 10,585 (-0.1%)	536 → 560 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$35,666 → $45,694 (+28.1%)	$29,375 → $36,726 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $112,400 (+17.2%)	$81,900 → $121,900 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $760 (+23.8%)	$701 → $853 (+21.7%)

Ironton

Population

10,59910,585

Median household income

$35,666$45,694

Median home value

$95,900$112,400

Median gross rent

$614$760

Proctorville

Population

536560

Median household income

$29,375$36,726

Median home value

$81,900$121,900

Median gross rent

$701$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ironton	Proctorville
Under 5	5.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.5%
75 and over	9.9%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironton	Proctorville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironton	Proctorville
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironton	Proctorville
Drove alone	86.4%	96.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironton	Proctorville
1-unit, detached	78.4%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	23.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Ironton	Proctorville
Poverty rate	25.5%	18.6%
Average household size	2.29	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1950	1963