Iron City vs Westpoint

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

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

Westpoint has the higher population (240 vs 226 in Iron City). Westpoint has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $17,500 in Iron City). Westpoint has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $54,700 in Iron City).

Population, income & housing

	Iron City	Westpoint
Population	226	240
Median age	33.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$41,250
Median home value	$54,700	$143,400
Housing units	88	118
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron City	Westpoint
Population	167 → 226 (+35.3%)	151 → 240 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $17,500 (-21.1%)	$41,750 → $41,250 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$33,700 → $54,700 (+62.3%)	$142,700 → $143,400 (+0.5%)

Iron City

Population

167226

Median household income

$22,188$17,500

Median home value

$33,700$54,700

Westpoint

Population

151240

Median household income

$41,750$41,250

Median home value

$142,700$143,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron City	Westpoint
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	33.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.4%
75 and over	11.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron City	Westpoint
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	Westpoint
No high school diploma	17.8%	18.7%
High school graduate	74.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron City	Westpoint
Drove alone	31.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.4%	0.0%
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	Westpoint
1-unit, detached	88.6%	91.5%
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%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Iron City	Westpoint
Poverty rate	53.3%	12.5%
Average household size	3.23	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1969	1960