Hurley vs Iron Belt

A side-by-side comparison of Hurley and Iron Belt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hurley has the higher population (1,438 vs 143 in Iron Belt). Iron Belt has the higher median household income ($56,150 vs $42,188 in Hurley). Hurley has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $62,800 in Iron Belt).

Population, income & housing

	Hurley	Iron Belt
Population	1,438	143
Median age	56.3 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$56,150
Median home value	$75,800	$62,800
Median gross rent	$604	—
Housing units	915	125
Homeownership rate	71.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurley	Iron Belt
Population	1,472 → 1,438 (-2.3%)	180 → 143 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$30,815 → $42,188 (+36.9%)	$37,500 → $56,150 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$60,100 → $75,800 (+26.1%)	$48,600 → $62,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $604 (+16.2%)	$475 → $725 (+52.6%)

Hurley

Population

1,4721,438

Median household income

$30,815$42,188

Median home value

$60,100$75,800

Median gross rent

$520$604

Iron Belt

Population

180143

Median household income

$37,500$56,150

Median home value

$48,600$62,800

Median gross rent

$475$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurley	Iron Belt
Under 5	5.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	23.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	19.1%	13.3%
75 and over	15.7%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurley	Iron Belt
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	1.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurley	Iron Belt
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurley	Iron Belt
Drove alone	80.0%	95.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurley	Iron Belt
1-unit, detached	66.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Hurley	Iron Belt
Poverty rate	17.8%	7.0%
Average household size	1.99	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1947	1971