Iron Station is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Iron Station isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Iron Station does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Iron Station are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.57% of adults in Iron Station have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Iron Station in 2022 was $22,765, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,060 for a family of four. However, Iron Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Iron Station is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Iron Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iron Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iron Station include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Iron Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
