Ethridge vs Iron City

A side-by-side comparison of Ethridge and Iron City: population, income, housing, and more.

Ethridge and Iron City are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ethridge has the higher population (671 vs 226 in Iron City). Ethridge has the higher median household income ($54,911 vs $17,500 in Iron City). Ethridge has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $54,700 in Iron City).

Population, income & housing

	Ethridge	Iron City
Population	671	226
Median age	23.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,911	$17,500
Median home value	$190,000	$54,700
Median gross rent	$939	—
Housing units	211	88
Homeownership rate	78.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethridge	Iron City
Population	853 → 671 (-21.3%)	167 → 226 (+35.3%)
Median household income	$34,886 → $54,911 (+57.4%)	$22,188 → $17,500 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $190,000 (+130.3%)	$33,700 → $54,700 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $939 (+23.7%)	—

Ethridge

Population

853671

Median household income

$34,886$54,911

Median home value

$82,500$190,000

Median gross rent

$759$939

Iron City

Population

167226

Median household income

$22,188$17,500

Median home value

$33,700$54,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ethridge	Iron City
Under 5	15.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.7%	4.0%
75 and over	2.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethridge	Iron City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	7.2%	25.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ethridge	Iron City
No high school diploma	16.8%	17.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	74.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethridge	Iron City
Drove alone	66.2%	31.3%
Carpooled	20.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	55.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethridge	Iron City
1-unit, detached	79.6%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Ethridge	Iron City
Poverty rate	4.6%	53.3%
Average household size	3.79	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1978	1969