Iron Gate vs Low Moor

A side-by-side comparison of Iron Gate and Low Moor: population, income, housing, and more.

Iron Gate and Low Moor are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Gate has the higher population (408 vs 396 in Low Moor). Low Moor has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $84,200 in Iron Gate). Since 2019, Low Moor's population has grown faster (+91.3% vs +56.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
Population	408	396
Median age	41.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	—
Median home value	$84,200	$122,100
Housing units	238	159
Homeownership rate	91.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
Population	261 → 408 (+56.3%)	207 → 396 (+91.3%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $60,000 (+60.0%)	$23,462 → $92,885 (+295.9%)
Median home value	$70,400 → $84,200 (+19.6%)	$48,300 → $122,100 (+152.8%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $883 (+5.4%)	—

Iron Gate

Population

261408

Median household income

$37,500$60,000

Median home value

$70,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$838$883

Low Moor

Population

207396

Median household income

$23,462$92,885

Median home value

$48,300$122,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	6.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.0%
35 to 44	20.1%	21.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	19.7%
75 and over	10.5%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	96.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	3.5%
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	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
No high school diploma	16.8%	36.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
Drove alone	90.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
1-unit, detached	91.2%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Iron Gate	Low Moor
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1957	1964