Cable vs Iron River

A side-by-side comparison of Cable and Iron River: population, income, housing, and more.

Cable and Iron River are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron River has the higher population (752 vs 193 in Cable). Iron River has the higher median household income ($55,294 vs $38,333 in Cable). Iron River has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $116,900 in Cable).

Population, income & housing

	Cable	Iron River
Population	193	752
Median age	64.4 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$55,294
Median home value	$116,900	$152,100
Median gross rent	$750	$653
Housing units	142	473
Homeownership rate	83.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cable	Iron River
Population	150 → 193 (+28.7%)	637 → 752 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $38,333 (+40.7%)	$45,658 → $55,294 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $116,900 (-11.8%)	$102,600 → $152,100 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $750 (+60.3%)	$675 → $653 (-3.3%)

Cable

Population

150193

Median household income

$27,250$38,333

Median home value

$132,500$116,900

Median gross rent

$468$750

Iron River

Population

637752

Median household income

$45,658$55,294

Median home value

$102,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$675$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cable	Iron River
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	8.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	5.6%
55 to 64	32.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	23.3%	15.2%
75 and over	24.9%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cable	Iron River
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cable	Iron River
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	65.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cable	Iron River
Drove alone	82.4%	68.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	12.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cable	Iron River
1-unit, detached	87.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Cable	Iron River
Poverty rate	35.2%	9.1%
Average household size	1.82	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	6	33
Median year structure built	1962	1982