Iron Gate vs Mallow

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

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

Mallow has the higher population (511 vs 408 in Iron Gate). Iron Gate has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $51,979 in Mallow). Mallow has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $84,200 in Iron Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Gate	Mallow
Population	408	511
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$51,979
Median home value	$84,200	$96,700
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	238	246
Homeownership rate	91.9%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Gate	Mallow
Population	261 → 408 (+56.3%)	650 → 511 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $60,000 (+60.0%)	$46,786 → $51,979 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$70,400 → $84,200 (+19.6%)	$80,600 → $96,700 (+20.0%)
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

Mallow

Population

650511

Median household income

$46,786$51,979

Median home value

$80,600$96,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Gate	Mallow
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	15.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	20.1%	20.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	2.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	18.8%
75 and over	10.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Gate	Mallow
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	89.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.0%
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	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Gate	Mallow
No high school diploma	16.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	70.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Gate	Mallow
Drove alone	90.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	19.7%
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	Mallow
1-unit, detached	91.2%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Iron Gate	Mallow
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1957	1971