Iron River vs Port Wing

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

Iron River and Port Wing 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 134 in Port Wing). Iron River has the higher median household income ($55,294 vs $53,750 in Port Wing). Iron River has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $137,500 in Port Wing).

Population, income & housing

	Iron River	Port Wing
Population	752	134
Median age	55.2 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,294	$53,750
Median home value	$152,100	$137,500
Median gross rent	$653	$325
Housing units	473	114
Homeownership rate	72.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron River	Port Wing
Population	637 → 752 (+18.1%)	194 → 134 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$45,658 → $55,294 (+21.1%)	$49,625 → $53,750 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $152,100 (+48.2%)	$125,000 → $137,500 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $653 (-3.3%)	$363 → $325 (-10.5%)

Iron River

Population

637752

Median household income

$45,658$55,294

Median home value

$102,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$675$653

Port Wing

Population

194134

Median household income

$49,625$53,750

Median home value

$125,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$363$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron River	Port Wing
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	23.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	27.6%
75 and over	14.9%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron River	Port Wing
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron River	Port Wing
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron River	Port Wing
Drove alone	68.2%	55.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	23.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron River	Port Wing
1-unit, detached	70.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Iron River	Port Wing
Poverty rate	9.1%	32.1%
Average household size	2.00	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1982	1953