Iron County, Utah

Iron County has a population of 62,252 and has grown 17.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $379,000, about 5.7 times the county's median household income of $66,247.

Home price
$379,000
Income
$66,247
Population
62,252
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$379,000county
Median gross rent$1,065county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198023.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,483county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,120county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$888county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,558county
Home insurance / yr$1,814(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$66,247county
Family health premium / yr$23,583(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,094(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.307(statewide)
Poverty rate13.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.4%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government18.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.9%county
Economic output per resident$51,297county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.41%county
Top state income tax4.45%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.45%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.42%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time16.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.4 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport11855county
Miles to nearest general aviation field18 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station181 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.4%county
Traffic deaths12.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher31.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county21county
Public school enrollment15285county
Students per full-time teacher27.5county
Free lunch eligible30.4%county
Elementary schools11county
Middle schools2county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians33county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.0%county
Frequent mental distress18.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity17.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population62,252county
Land area in square miles3,296county
People per square mile of land18.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store23.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract35.9%county
Population change since 2020+17.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age30.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1827.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.8%county
Share of households that are one person21.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.3%county
Second languages8.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls54.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents164county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents16county
Households that moved in2,264county
Households that moved away2,049county
Average income of arriving households$57,714county
Average income of departing households$49,266county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes29county
Housing units authorised in the latest year678county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate230(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52°Fcounty
Annual precipitation12.6 incounty
Annual snowfall15.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.27 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F29 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing130 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days125 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 26county
Average first fall frostSep 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$103county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.4¢county
Household electricity use901 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.27(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity23.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas66.4%county
Homes heated by propane4.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.8%county
Homes heated by wood3.0%county
Households with broadband91.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk44.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk65.8county
Landslide risk90.9county
Hail risk2.9county
Earthquake risk86.8county
Tornado risk4.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk44.4county
Winter weather risk95.2county
Strong wind risk13.6county
Wildfire risk97.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Iron County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Utah figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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