County · Missouri

Iron County, Missouri

Iron County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,118 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #74 of 115 counties. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), social associations (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on life expectancy (low), primary care physicians (low) and premature death (high).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,118 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #74 of 115 in MO
Population: 9,318 (2025)
Land area: 550 mi²
Density: 16.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 29093

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety42#1,802/3,096
Economy14#2,692/3,143
Housing72#871/3,140
Health4#3,003/3,144
Healthcare14#2,716/3,143
Environment59#1,289/3,108
Education45#1,722/3,144
Infrastructure15#2,658/3,144
Community75#785/3,144
Leisure & amenities52#1,511/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Iron County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Pharmacies · high7.5 /10k
100/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Social associations · high20.1 /10k
93/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low8 mi
90/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Public libraries · high3.2 /10k
86/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grocery stores · high3.2 /10k
85/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Property crime rate · low403 /100k
82/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Weaknesses

Life expectancy · low69.5 yrs
5/100Missouri 75.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
5/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · high16,342 /100k
6/100Missouri 9,683 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Median household income · low$48,448
6/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high19.0
7/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Food environment index · low6.0
9/100Missouri 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 46% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+46 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Social associationsImproving
9.9 /10k (2019) → 20.1 /10k (2023)
+104%4 yearsUS 9.2 /10k → 9.1 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.1% (2015-2019) → 82.4% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
6.7 /1k (2020) → 12.6 /1k (2025)
+87%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
17.4% (2020 & 2021) → 32.3% (2023 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Property crime rateImproving
1,254 /100k (2020) → 403 /100k (2025)
−68%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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.

Over about five years, Iron County, Missouri improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++8.2 points10.8% → 19.0%
Broadband+18 points64.1% → 82.4%
Property crime−68%1,254 /100k → 403 /100k
New businesses+87%6.7 /1k → 12.6 /1k
Uninsured−3.2 points13.9% → 10.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Iron County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	12%
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	26.9 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Average weekly wage	$7842020	$9642025	+23%	Improved	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	64.1%2015-2019	82.4%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	31.1%2019	24.5%2024	−6.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	31.6 /100k2020	14.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Within the margin of error	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Firearm deaths	20.6 /100k2020	21.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	40%
Grocery stores	4.2 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	16%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+2.1%	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	81.5%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Homicide rate	8.1 /100k2020	6.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,9462019	$56,1112024	+37%	Improved	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$39,2922019	$48,4482024	+23%	Improved	41%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	12.6 /1k2025	+87%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	7.4 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	+2.1%	Within the margin of error	77%
Poverty rate	20.8%2019	18.2%2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Property crime rate	1,254 /100k2020	403 /100k2025	−68%	Improved	93%
Public libraries	3.0 /10k2019	3.2 /10k2024	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	45.7%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Restaurants and bars	6.3 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	7%
Students per teacher	11.5×2019	11.5×2024	−0.0×	Little change	25%
Traffic deaths	27.5 /100k2015-2019	29.6 /100k2020-2024	+7.7%	Within the margin of error	45%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2020	5.2%2025	−1 points	Improved	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.9%2019	10.7%2024	−3.2 points	Improved	85%
Violent crime rate	153 /100k2020	91 /100k2025	−40%	Within the margin of error	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Iron County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iron County, Missouri 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.

For comparison, Iron County, Missouri itself moved +3.8 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

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).

Age and sex

9,446 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

3,861 households (±137)

Iron County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k26%985
$25k–50k25%980
$50k–75k13%507

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,861 households (±137)

Iron County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own75%2,900
Rent25%961

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,778 workers (±215)

Iron County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone79%2,978
Carpool11%412
Public transit0.0%0

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.

Iron County has 193 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Missouri's), with 1,822 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,910. The Census Bureau also counts 599 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 193; 599 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,822
Average annual pay: $44,910; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Iron County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	15	15.9	2.86×More than typical	40	$12,550	—
Restaurants and other eating places	10	10.6	0.58×Fewer than typical	125	$19,272	4
Gasoline stations	9	9.5	2.94×Too few to compare	88	$25,443	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	9.5	0.61×Too few to compare	64	$43,719	68
Ambulatory health care services	7	7.4	0.36×Too few to compare	43	$42,581	8
Individual and family services	7	7.4	2.64×Too few to compare	98	$15,888	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	6.3	1.44×Too few to compare	11	$37,636	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	6.3	0.94×Too few to compare	18	$44,333	52
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	5.3	3.03×Too few to compare	15	$42,333	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	5.3	1.05×Too few to compare	26	$37,731	15
Banks and credit unions	5	5.3	1.64×Too few to compare	37	$42,135	—
Full-service restaurants	5	5.3	0.69×Too few to compare	76	$14,776	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,458 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $207.4K on contracts performed in Iron County, Missouri: $22.26 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $207.4K; +1,139% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22.26; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$207.4K100%

Top recipients

WILDER EXCAVATING LLC$207.4K100%

Spending by fiscal year

245.4KFY2018
108KFY2019
134.6KFY2020
2.1MFY2021
53.5KFY2022
252.4KFY2023
-399.5KFY2024
16.7KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$207.4K100%

Largest awards

POTOSI FREDERICKTOWN ROAD BLADING, MARK TWAIN NF$207.4K
WILDER EXCAVATING LLC· Iron County, MO· Construction & real property· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· 12444626F0018

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $75.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Iron County, Missouri: $8,127 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $75.7M; −8.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,127; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$38.9M51%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$11.7M15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.1M12%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5.1M6.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.6M4.8%
15.658 · Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration$1.8M2.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$1.7M2.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$619.2K0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.6M3.4%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC.$1.8M2.4%
SAINT PAUL, MN
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC$97.3K0.1%
SAINT LOUIS, MO
IRON COUNTY HEALTH COALITION$60K0.1%
IRONTON, MO
SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP$52.8K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$59.4M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.1M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$2.6M3.4%
Department of Transportation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1.8M2.4%
Department of the Interior
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

64MFY2021
66.5MFY2022
68.7MFY2023
71MFY2024
83MFY2025
75.7MFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Iron County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Iron County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$0	$1,436
FY2018	$24.08	$1,552
FY2019	$10.64	$1,654
FY2020	$14.15	$1,880
FY2021	$218	$1,810
FY2022	$5.69	$1,917
FY2023	$26.69	$2,079
FY2024	-$42.44	$2,047
FY2025	$1.80	$2,165
FY2026	$22.26 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$23.29	$105
FY2019	$4.56	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$10.21	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$256	$5,748
FY2022	$147	$5,221
FY2023	$353	$5,364
FY2024	$305	$5,501
FY2025	$1,028	$5,732
FY2026	$509

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$16.62	$298
FY2022	$124	$357
FY2023	$242	$301
FY2024	$307	$319
FY2025	$975	$360
FY2026	$277

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$11.78	$239
FY2022	$31.83	$185
FY2023	$21.91	$229
FY2024	$37.33	$229
FY2025	$51.18	$249
FY2026	$0

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$5.25	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$42.72	$2,274
FY2024	$6.37	$2,267
FY2025	$44.00	$2,397
FY2026	$6.44

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$366	$1,186
FY2022	$108	$465
FY2023	-$15.86	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$303	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Iron County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Iron County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	8.5%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29093

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Iron County, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jason SmithR-MO-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Iron County

Places whose residents live mostly in Iron County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/29093

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	+7.6%	−4.2%
2015	+4.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+2.4%	+6.8%
2019	+2.2%	+10.5%
2020	+6.1%	+19.4%
2021	+8.9%	+26.1%
2022	+14.2%	+30.6%
2023	+17.9%	+35.0%
2024	+24.8%	+41.0%
2025	+30.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	+2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.1%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.9%	+13.5%
2020	+20.5%	+20.8%
2021	+29.2%	+32.1%
2022	+31.0%	+35.4%
2023	+40.6%	+42.9%
2024	+47.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.1%	−6.9%
2015	−2.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+4.7%
2018	+10.6%	+7.5%
2019	+15.1%	+14.0%
2020	+22.3%	+16.9%
2021	+31.3%	+21.0%
2022	+29.9%	+29.7%
2023	+41.3%	+34.9%
2024	+41.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	22.1%	15.5%
2015	22.9%	14.7%
2016	22.4%	14.0%
2017	22.6%	13.4%
2018	19.9%	13.1%
2019	20.8%	12.3%
2020	19.5%	11.9%
2021	18.6%	12.8%
2022	19.2%	12.6%
2023	19.0%	12.5%
2024	18.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	9.9%	6.2%
2015	8.1%	5.3%
2016	6.3%	4.9%
2017	5.7%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	6.2%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+71.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+68.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+80.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	17.0%	13.5%
2015	14.8%	10.9%
2016	12.8%	10.0%
2017	12.7%	10.2%
2018	12.8%	10.4%
2019	13.9%	10.8%
2020	16.4%	10.4%
2021	14.6%	10.2%
2022	13.0%	9.5%
2023	10.4%	9.5%
2024	10.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Iron County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.6/1k	16.6/1k

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