Irondale, Missouri.
Typical home $192,077 (+13.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$560 (+125%) since Feb 2021.
- 1 year
- Up $23,354 +14%
- $168,722$192,077 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,831 +30%
- $147,245$192,077 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Irondale$1,008
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Irondale, MO rose 13.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Irondale, Washington County, Missouri
Irondale is a city of 368 people in Washington County. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Irondale is a very small city, with far fewer residents than most towns anyone would think of as a town. Homes here cost less than the typical American home, and household incomes across Washington County sit below the national picture. Very few adults have a four-year degree, which fits a place where much of the work is practical and hands-on.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, manufacturing and shops. Across Washington County, the largest workplaces include Elara Caring, a home health care agency, the Potosi R-III school district, and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is a little lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has barely changed.
Things to do. Blay Creek and Hopewell Creek run in or beside town, and Cedar Creek is a short drive away. St. Joe State Park is also a short drive away, and Mark Twain National Forest is a longer drive for those who want more room to roam. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, so the outdoors suits spring and fall best.
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- 4%of adults have a degree
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 4,998 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 67°. About 12 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Potosi Southwest weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Elara CaringHome health care agencies257
- Potosi R-iii SchoolsSchool district215FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters211
- Red Wing Shoe Co. PotosiFootwear manufacturing209
- Washington County Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital166FTE
- Kingston K-14 SchoolsSchool district122FTE
- Tide HealthGroupSkilled nursing facilities111
- Great Mines Health Center - PotosiCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient78
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,053 people in all across the county; Irondale has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Irondale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County.
Irondale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Irondale$192,077
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Irondale5
Zip codes with a Irondale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Irondale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.