The median owner-occupied home in Iron County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,459 (± $75) a year, compared with $2,795 in Michigan and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $101,500 (± $7,949), compared with $217,600 in Michigan and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Iron County | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,650 | 10,051,595 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,459 ± $75 | $2,795 ± $9 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $101,500 ± $7,949 | $217,600 ± $692 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $53,614 ± $3,997 | $71,149 ± $286 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.44% ± 0.13 points | 1.28% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 85.3% ± 1.8 points | 72.9% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 46.6% ± 2.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 21.0% ± 2.6 points | 19.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Iron County (5)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Iron County (1)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Iron County (11)
- Bates
- Caspian city
- Crystal Falls
- Crystal Falls city
- Gaastra city
- Hematite
- Iron River
- Iron River city
- Mansfield
- Mastodon
- Stambaugh
Other named communities in Iron County (34)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Balsam
- Basswood
- Bates Junction
- Beechwood
- Chicagon
- Dunn Location
- Elmwood
- Erickson Landing
- Forbes Location
- Fortune Lake
- Gibbs City
- Gibson Lake
- Hazel
- Hiawatha Location
- Homer Location
- Kelso Junction
- Kiernan
- Kimball Location
- Mapleton
- Mineral Hills
- Monongahela Location
- Naults
- New Bristol Location
- Odgers Location
- Palatka
- Panola
- Pentoga
- Rogers Location
- Scott Lake
- Shafer Location
- Stager
- Tobin Location
- Virgil Location
- Western Location