Micro area · Michigan

Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area

Iron Mountain, MI-WI is a micropolitan area of 2 counties in Michigan, Wisconsin, home to 30,575 residents. Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 86 out of 100 (very high), ranking #129 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Michigan it ranks #3 of 33. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), high school diploma or higher (high) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

86Very high
Quality-of-life score
#129 of 925 metro and micro areas
Michigan
#3 of 33 in MI
Population
30,575 (2025)
Land area
1,249 mi²
Density
24.5 /mi²
CBSA code
27020

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 64 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety74#238/924
  • Economy67#307/925
  • Housing62#356/925
  • Health62#352/925
  • Healthcare84#153/923
  • Environment89#100/917
  • Education78#206/925
  • Infrastructure48#477/925
  • Community88#116/925
  • Leisure & amenities82#166/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Iron Mountain, MI-WI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Dickinson CountyCentral county8725,827
  2. Florence CountyOutlying county844,748

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. Iron MountainPrincipal city7,518

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Iron Mountain7,518
  2. Kingsford5,124
  3. Norway2,833
  4. Quinnesec892
  5. Florence488
  6. Long Lake40

Other metro and micro areas in Michigan

Areas based in Michigan, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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