Iron Station is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 825 people and two associated neighborhoods, Iron Station is the 424th largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.27% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Iron Station has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Iron Station a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small town, Iron Station does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Iron Station, just 8.29% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

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.