Iron County vs Lewis County

A side-by-side comparison of Iron County and Lewis County: population, income, housing, and more.

Iron County and Lewis County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lewis County has the higher population (9,945 vs 9,482 in Iron County). Lewis County has the higher median household income ($52,340 vs $51,161 in Iron County). Lewis County has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $113,000 in Iron County).

Population, income & housing

	Iron County	Lewis County
Population	9,482	9,945
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,161	$52,340
Median home value	$113,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$671	$627
Housing units	4,704	4,315
Homeownership rate	76.3%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron County	Lewis County
Population	10,164 → 9,482 (-6.7%)	9,955 → 9,945 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$37,435 → $51,161 (+36.7%)	$45,988 → $52,340 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $113,000 (+35.2%)	$87,900 → $118,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $671 (+12.4%)	$569 → $627 (+10.2%)

Iron County

Population

10,1649,482

Median household income

$37,435$51,161

Median home value

$83,600$113,000

Median gross rent

$597$671

Lewis County

Population

9,9559,945

Median household income

$45,988$52,340

Median home value

$87,900$118,900

Median gross rent

$569$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron County	Lewis County
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	15.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.3%
75 and over	9.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron County	Lewis County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron County	Lewis County
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron County	Lewis County
Drove alone	81.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron County	Lewis County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Iron County	Lewis County
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1975	1968