Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri

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St. Francois County

Population in July 2008: 699. Population change since 2000: +0.9%

Males: 335	(48.1%)
Females: 364	(51.9%)

Median resident age:	37.2 years
Missouri median age:	36.1 years

Zip codes: 63624.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $24,796 (it was $19,583 in 2000)

Iron Mountain Lake:	$24,796
Missouri:	$45,114

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $12,011

Iron Mountain Lake:	$12,011
Missouri:	$23,915

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $48,586 (it was $30,000 in 2000)

Iron Mountain Lake:	$48,586
Missouri:	$138,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $55,439; Detached houses: $53,669; Townhouses or other attached units: $33,710; In 2-unit structures: $151,099; Mobile homes: $33,920

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Races in Iron Mountain Lake:

White Non-Hispanic (94.9%)
Hispanic (3.3%)
Two or more races (1.6%)
American Indian (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Iron Mountain Lake: 73.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (19.9%), Irish (16.5%), German (11.0%), English (5.1%), French (4.6%), Scottish (2.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1983

Elevation: 1055 feet

Land area: 1.97 square miles.

Population density: 355 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Iron Mountain Lake

High school or higher: 55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 1.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 12.1%
Mean travel time to work: 48.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Iron Mountain Lake city

Never married: 16.7%
Now married: 57.4%
Separated: 3.9%
Widowed: 6.7%
Divorced: 15.4%

6 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.9%
Missouri:	2.7%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Iron Mountain Lake:	0.7% ($199)
Missouri:	1.0% ($851)

Iron Mountain Lake satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: St. Louis, MO (68.2 miles , pop. 348,189).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (327.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Pilot Knob, MO (2.2 miles ), Bismarck, MO (2.4 miles ), Ironton, MO (2.5 miles ), Arcadia, MO (2.7 miles ), Caledonia, MO (3.1 miles) , Irondale, MO (3.2 miles ), Leadwood, MO (3.5 miles ), Park Hills, MO (3.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 1 building, cost: $25,000
2006: 1 building, cost: $24,000
2007: 0 buildings
2008: 1 building, cost: $161,100

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 37.69 N, Longitude: 90.62 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 573

Iron Mountain Lake household income distribution

Iron Mountain Lake home values distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +59 (+9.3%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (23%)
Public administration (10%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (27%)
Accommodation and food services (15%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
Food and beverage stores (10%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Personal and laundry services (5%)
Machinery (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Construction laborers (10%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Carpenters (6%)
Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
Cashiers (10%)
Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)

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Crime in Iron Mountain Lake by Year
Type	2002	2003	2004	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	140.6	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	10	2	0	0	0
per 100,000	1424.5	286.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	6	6	1	13	2
per 100,000	854.7	860.8	143.1	1828.4	282.9
Thefts	10	11	1	7	5
per 100,000	1424.5	1578.2	143.1	984.5	707.2
Auto thefts	0	0	0	0	4
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	565.8
Arson	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	143.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	401.7	180.8	15.7	279.9	93.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (1 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.43
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri

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Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri average temperatures

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Iron Mountain Lake-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Missouri state average. It is 108% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/22/1969, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 4.9 miles away from the Iron Mountain Lake city center killed 4 people and injured 14 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/21/1967, a category 4 tornado 19.4 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 52 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Iron Mountain Lake-area historical earthquake activity is above Missouri state average. It is 67% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 69.8 miles away from Iron Mountain Lake center
On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 89.4 miles away from the city center
On 9/29/1987 at 00:04:56, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 98.2 miles away from the city center
On 2/5/1994 at 14:55:37, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 LG, 4.2 MD, Depth: 9.9 mi) earthquake occurred 82.2 miles away from Iron Mountain Lake center
On 7/7/1991 at 21:24:02, a magnitude 4.0 (3.8 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 90.8 miles away from the city center
On 8/16/2003 at 05:09:22, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, 3.7 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 81.3 miles away from Iron Mountain Lake center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Iron Mountain Lake:

MINERAL AREA REG MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MENTAL HLTH CTR (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Iron Mountain Lake:

JEFFERSON COLLEGE (about 40 miles; HILLSBORO, MO; Full-time enrollment: 2,568)
SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MERAMEC (about 63 miles; KIRKWOOD, MO; FT enrollment: 7,507)
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; FT enrollment: 7,227)
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 8,252)
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA (about 65 miles; ROLLA, MO; FT enrollment: 4,181)
SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FOREST PARK (about 68 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,441)
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS (about 68 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 2,094)

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Reservoir: Iron Mountain Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creeks: Mud Creek (A), Middlebrook Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This city:	2.6 people
Missouri:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	70.9%
Whole state:	67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	11.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	34.9%
Whole state:	11.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	12.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Iron Mountain Lake, MO

Iron Mountain Lake compared to Missouri state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Iron Mountain Lake mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in St. Francois County Missouri:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%) Electricity (34%) Wood (24%) Utility gas (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Religion statistics for Iron Mountain Lake

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Assemblies of God	Lutheran Church
Adherents	45.5%	14.9%	8.4%	5.4%	5.3%
Congregations	20.7%	4.5%	9.0%	12.6%	3.6%

Name	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	National Association of Free Will Baptists	General Conference Churches of God	Church of the Nazarene	Other religions
Adherents	4.9%	3.3%	2.2%	1.8%	8.4%
Congregations	7.2%	8.1%	5.4%	2.7%	26.1%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	1	$1,417	$17,004	0	$0
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$1,328
Police Protection - Officers	1	$1,771	$21,252	1	$390
Streets and Highways	0	$0		2	$1,827
Sewerage	0	$0		1	$443
Totals for Government	2	$3,188	$19,128	5	$3,988

Iron Mountain Lake government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $5,000
All Other: $0
Construction - Regular Highways: $12,000
Police Protection: $4,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $45,000
Central Staff Services: $21,000

Regular Highways: $11,000

Police Protection: $7,000

Financial Administration: $1,000

Sewerage: $1,000
General - Interest on Debt: $0
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $4,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $26,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000

Special Assessments: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $10,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $18,000
Tax - Public Utilities: $20,000
Property: $10,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $37,000

7.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,580 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.03%
Missouri average:	7.87%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($101 average AGI)
St. Francois County: 0.05%
Missouri average: 0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Jefferson County, MO	1.24% ($30,964 average AGI)
from Washington County, MO	0.76% ($25,838)
from St. Louis County, MO	0.67% ($36,551)

6.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,511 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.17%
Missouri average:	7.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Jefferson County, MO	0.90% ($25,906 average AGI)
to St. Louis County, MO	0.56% ($32,204)
to Washington County, MO	0.55% ($21,227)

Strongest AM radio stations in Iron Mountain Lake:

KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
KREI (800 AM; 1 kW; FARMINGTON, MO; Owner: KREI, INC.)
KFMO (1240 AM; 1 kW; FLAT RIVER, MO; Owner: M. K. S. BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
KYLS (1450 AM; 1 kW; FREDERICKTOWN, MO; Owner: DOCKINS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
WDDD (810 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTON CITY, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Iron Mountain Lake:

KTJJ (98.5 FM; FARMINGTON, MO; Owner: KREI, INC.)
KYLS-FM (95.9 FM; IRONTON, MO; Owner: DOCKINS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KDBB (104.3 FM; BONNE TERRE, MO; Owner: MKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KBGM (91.1 FM; PARK HILLS, MO; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
KHZR (97.7 FM; POTOSI, MO; Owner: FOUR HIM ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.)
KPNT (105.7 FM; ST. GENEVIEVE, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
KNSX (93.3 FM; STEELVILLE, MO; Owner: TWENTY-ONE SOUND COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
KPWB-FM (104.9 FM; PIEDMONT, MO; Owner: HUNT BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
KDJR (100.1 FM; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: KDJR RADIO, INC.)
KNLP (89.7 FM; POTOSI, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

Fred Dockins, 1.1 Miles Wsw Of The Route V And King School Rd Intersection, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.3 m, Overall height: 92.3 m, , Licensee ID: L00244714
Registrant: Dockins Communications, Inc., 540 S. Maple Valley Drive, Farmington, MO 63640, Phone: (573) 701-9590

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 1

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