About Iron Station

Iron Station is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,076 people and just one neighborhood, Iron Station is the 156th largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Iron Station is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.8% of the Iron Station workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Iron Station is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Iron Station who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.32%), sales jobs (8.88%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (4.85%).

In Iron Station, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Iron Station is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Iron Station, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.48% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Iron Station is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Iron Station Information and Demographics

Iron Station ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 7.17% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Iron Station in 2000 was $17,358, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,432 for a family of four.

Iron Station is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Iron Station home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Iron Station is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iron Station include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Iron Station is English. Some people also speak Spanish.