IronvilleKY
The town has 411 residents and lies in Kentucky.
Is Ironville a good place to live?
Ironville’s median age is 75.5 years, above both the Kentucky town median (37.6 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 5 of the 143 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Ironville. Ironville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
411 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ironville.
Most of Ironville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 5 miles. Since 2013, Ironville has lost 66 jobs, to 104 in 2023. Most people who work leave Ironville to do it: just 1% work in town. For Ironville, the average trip to work is 15 minutes.
| Ironville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Ironville
Ironville has chilly winters and warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 6 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Ironville, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts 63% of Ironville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to heat waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Ironville is
Just over a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes in Ironville. Against the Kentucky average, Ironville comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 11. Two figures for adults in the town: 18% report frequent physical distress, 12% binge drink.
| Ironville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ironville | KY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 84.6% | 81.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.6% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Ironville sells for about $383K
For households in Ironville, the share who own their home is 88%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ironville
Camden Park and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ironville. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Theme parkCamden Park
19 mi National forestWayne National Forest
15 mi MuseumHuntington Museum of Art
14 mi MuseumHeritage Farm Museum and Village13 mi MuseumMuseum of Radio and TechnologyPhoto credits
Camden Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wayne National Forest: Forest Service, USDA, Public domain · Huntington Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Heritage Farm Museum and Village: Zeo1989, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Ironville: who provides what
Ironville is unincorporated, so Boyd County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
99% of working residents leave Ironville for work
Where Ironville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Ironville
About 3 of every 100 Ironville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
About Ironville
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Ironville is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, near the intersection of Kentucky Route 5 and Kentucky Route 766. Due to its proximity to Ashland, Ironville is often considered to be a part of Ashland, although officially it is separate from the city and serves as a suburb to the city. It shares its ZIP code with Ashland as well. As of the 2020 census, Ironville had a population of 782. Ironville is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 689 ft
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