Iron County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,770 92.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 30 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 290 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 14 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%

• Under 18 963 15.5%
• 18–24 268 4.3%
• 25–44 1,104 17.8%
• 45–64 1,824 29.4%
• 65 and over 2,051 33.0%

Median household income

$60,564

90% interval $54,423–$66,705

−$16,993 vs WI · 70th of 72

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 9.2%–14.6%

+1.6 pp vs WI · 21st of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+2.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$235.3M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,728

Establishments

227

• Education & health services 270 16.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 257 15.9%
• Public administration 232 14.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 212 13.1%
• Construction 199 12.3%
• Professional & business services 53 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 75.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

88.5%

+20.7 pp vs WI · 2nd of 72

Median gross rent

$662

−$425 vs WI · 70th of 72

Owner-occupied

2,752

Renter-occupied

357

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($57,193 vs $33,982/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,557 62.7%
• Democratic 1,487 36.5%
• Other / third-party 35 0.9%

• Spanish 56 0.9%
• Chinese 25 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 19 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.2%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

3,109

Family households

1,829

58.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

327

17.9% of families

Single-mother families

102

5.6% of families

Veterans

497

9.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,837 29.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 747 12.2%
• Mainline Protestant 74 1.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.9%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±1.4 pp

22nd of 72

With a disability

13.5%

±1.6 pp

31st of 72

Bachelor's or higher

26.0%

±2.5 pp

−7.4 pp vs WI · 32nd of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.0%

90% interval 5.3%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Iron County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Hurley

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0