Moving to Ironton, Minnesota
Population: 498. Estimated population in July 2024: 540 (+8.4% change)
Males: 223 (44.8%), Females: 275 (55.2%)
Crow Wing County
Zip code: 56455
Demographics
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $22,813
Median house value: $57,200
Population by Race
Races in Ironton:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (39.6%), German (14.7%), Swedish (8.8%), Irish (8.4%), Norwegian (7.8%), French (3.4%).
Elevation: 1260 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Ironton
- High school or higher: 80.6%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 5.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Ironton city
- Never married: 14.6%
- Now married: 63.7%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 14.3%
- Divorced: 6.9%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -58 (-10.4%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Ironton:
- CUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; CROSBY, MN)
- BRAINERD REGIONAL HUMAN SERVICES CTR (about 15 miles; BRAINERD, MN)
- MINNESOTA NEUROREHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; BRAINERD, MN)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ironton:
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 13 miles; BRAINERD, MN; Abbreviation: BRD)
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 61 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; Abbreviation: GPZ)
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 65 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; Abbreviation: STC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ironton:
- MAL’S/SERPENT LAKE/ (about 5 miles; DEERWOOD, MN; Abbreviation: M14)
- BIRCH LAKE (about 15 miles; DEERWOOD, MN; Abbreviation: M69)
- AITKIN MUNI-STEVE KURTZ FIELD (about 23 miles; AITKIN, MN; Abbreviation: AIT)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ironton:
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 15 miles; BRAINERD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,364)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 65 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,183)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 12,913)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 94 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,562)
- ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 102 miles; COON RAPIDS, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,627)
- HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 103 miles; BROOKLYN PARK, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,138)
Libraries
Library in Ironton:
- IRONTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $4,169; Location: 237 IRENE AVENUE; 2,693 books; 31 audio materials; 215 video materials; 1 serial subscriptions)