Iron River, WI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Iron River, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,222. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet IRON-RIVER-WI · Iron River, WI 1 ZIPs · 2,222 pop · #13728/25278 · Bayfield County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $68,795
- RANK-MID #13728/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washburn
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 80% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 2,222
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $266,600
Nearest income peer: Washburn, WI (+ $1,741 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Iron River
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Iron River on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Cable · lowest
Cable · lowest
$57,813 median HH income
- Port Wing · near
Port Wing · near
$61,875 median HH income
- Herbster · near
Herbster · near
$63,036 median HH income
- Bayfield · near
Bayfield · near
$63,682 median HH income
- Iron River · this city
Iron River · this city
$68,795 median HH income
- Washburn · near
Washburn · near
$70,536 median HH income
- Cornucopia · highest
Cornucopia · highest
$90,000 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Iron River, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 46th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 2,222
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $68,795
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,795 and poverty 8.1% concentrate in 54847.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Iron River as a pure owner town.
Within Wisconsin, Potter is the closest lower-income city and Gilman the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Iron River.
ZIP Codes in Iron River, WI
These ZIP codes sit in Bayfield County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Iron River. See the Bayfield County roll-up →
Iron River lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Bayfield County: Washburn, Mason and Drummond earn more and Bayfield, Cable and Port Wing earn less. Cornucopia marks the far end of that range at $90,000, 31% above Iron River.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54847 | 2,222 | 5 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Iron River, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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