What is the population of Ironton city?

Ironton city has 10,585 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Ironton city?

Median household income in Ironton city is $45,694 a year, 41.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ironton city?

Median gross rent is $760 a month and the median home value is $112,400, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Ironton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ironton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ironton, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ironton, Ohio (Ironton, OH — Census place “Ironton city”) is 10,585 residents, ranking #178 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $45,694, the median home is worth $112,400 and median gross rent runs $760 a month. Looking for the Ironton Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ironton, OH: 45638.

Population: 10,585Ironton city residents
Median household income: $45,694Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $112,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $760Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Ironton ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ironton.

The Ironton OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

45638

What the numbers mean in Ironton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ironton city median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.5% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ironton city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ironton city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 10,585 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #178 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 42.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ironton city earn a median of $45,694 a year, 41.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 25.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ironton city is valued at $112,400, 63% below the national figure and 33% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $760 a month, 45.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,120 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Ironton city?: Ironton city has 10,585 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Ironton city?: Median household income in Ironton city is $45,694 a year, 41.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ironton city?: Median gross rent is $760 a month and the median home value is $112,400, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Ironton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ironton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ironton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.