Iron Belt vs Saxon

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

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

Iron Belt has the higher population (143 vs 69 in Saxon). Iron Belt has the higher median household income ($56,150 vs $41,250 in Saxon). Saxon has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $62,800 in Iron Belt).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Belt	Saxon
Population	143	69
Median age	48.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,150	$41,250
Median home value	$62,800	$85,000
Housing units	125	39
Homeownership rate	89.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Belt	Saxon
Population	180 → 143 (-20.6%)	63 → 69 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $56,150 (+49.7%)	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $62,800 (+29.2%)	$72,900 → $85,000 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $725 (+52.6%)	—

Iron Belt

Population

180143

Median household income

$37,500$56,150

Median home value

$48,600$62,800

Median gross rent

$475$725

Saxon

Population

6369

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$72,900$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Belt	Saxon
Under 5	7.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	5.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.1%	36.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	31.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.3%
75 and over	15.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Belt	Saxon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	4.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Belt	Saxon
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	49.1%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Belt	Saxon
Drove alone	95.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Belt	Saxon
1-unit, detached	82.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Iron Belt	Saxon
Poverty rate	7.0%	26.1%
Average household size	1.91	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1971	1938