It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Iron Station has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Iron Station has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Iron Station than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Iron Station may be for you.
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.
The population of Iron Station has a very low overall level of education: only 8.29% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Iron Station in 2022 was $23,428, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,712 for a family of four.
Iron Station is a somewhat 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, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Iron Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
