Iron City vs Summertown

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

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

Summertown has the higher population (793 vs 226 in Iron City). Summertown has the higher median household income ($82,695 vs $17,500 in Iron City). Summertown has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $54,700 in Iron City).

Population, income & housing

	Iron City	Summertown
Population	226	793
Median age	33.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$82,695
Median home value	$54,700	$196,300
Median gross rent	—	$876
Housing units	88	319
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron City	Summertown
Population	167 → 226 (+35.3%)	651 → 793 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $17,500 (-21.1%)	$47,661 → $82,695 (+73.5%)
Median home value	$33,700 → $54,700 (+62.3%)	$83,000 → $196,300 (+136.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$838 → $876 (+4.5%)

Iron City

Population

167226

Median household income

$22,188$17,500

Median home value

$33,700$54,700

Summertown

Population

651793

Median household income

$47,661$82,695

Median home value

$83,000$196,300

Median gross rent

$838$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron City	Summertown
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	24.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.0%	19.2%
75 and over	11.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron City	Summertown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	97.0%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron City	Summertown
No high school diploma	17.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	74.4%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron City	Summertown
Drove alone	31.3%	85.6%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	55.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron City	Summertown
1-unit, detached	88.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Iron City	Summertown
Poverty rate	53.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1969	1993