Iron City vs Leoma

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

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

Leoma has the higher population (342 vs 226 in Iron City). Leoma has the higher median household income ($59,926 vs $17,500 in Iron City). Leoma has the higher median home value ($289,300 vs $54,700 in Iron City).

Population, income & housing

	Iron City	Leoma
Population	226	342
Median age	33.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$59,926
Median home value	$54,700	$289,300
Housing units	88	149
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron City	Leoma
Population	167 → 226 (+35.3%)	477 → 342 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $17,500 (-21.1%)	$76,974 → $59,926 (-22.1%)
Median home value	$33,700 → $54,700 (+62.3%)	$153,600 → $289,300 (+88.3%)

Iron City

Population

167226

Median household income

$22,188$17,500

Median home value

$33,700$54,700

Leoma

Population

477342

Median household income

$76,974$59,926

Median home value

$153,600$289,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron City	Leoma
Under 5	9.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	26.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	4.0%	24.0%
75 and over	11.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron City	Leoma
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	25.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron City	Leoma
No high school diploma	17.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	74.4%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron City	Leoma
Drove alone	31.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	13.4%	28.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	55.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron City	Leoma
1-unit, detached	88.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	11.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iron City	Leoma
Poverty rate	53.3%	1.2%
Average household size	3.23	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1969	1976