Iron City vs St. Joseph

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (788 vs 226 in Iron City). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($46,786 vs $17,500 in Iron City). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $54,700 in Iron City).

Population, income & housing

	Iron City	St. Joseph
Population	226	788
Median age	33.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$46,786
Median home value	$54,700	$121,900
Median gross rent	—	$627
Housing units	88	376
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron City	St. Joseph
Population	167 → 226 (+35.3%)	943 → 788 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $17,500 (-21.1%)	$36,685 → $46,786 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$33,700 → $54,700 (+62.3%)	$74,200 → $121,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $627 (+12.4%)

Iron City

Population

167226

Median household income

$22,188$17,500

Median home value

$33,700$54,700

St. Joseph

Population

943788

Median household income

$36,685$46,786

Median home value

$74,200$121,900

Median gross rent

$558$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron City	St. Joseph
Under 5	9.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	26.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	4.0%	8.2%
75 and over	11.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron City	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	25.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron City	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	17.8%	20.7%
High school graduate	74.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron City	St. Joseph
Drove alone	31.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	55.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron City	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	88.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Iron City	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	53.3%	13.8%
Average household size	3.23	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1969	1968