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Population (year 2000): 404. Estimated
population in July 2005: 386 (-4.5% change)
Males: 198 (49.0%), Females: 206 (51.0%)
Zip code:
24448
Median resident age: 46.2 years
Median household income: $26,094 (year 2000)
Median house value: $41,800 (year 2000)
Races in Iron Gate:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.6%)
- Black (5.2%)
Ancestries: United States (25.2%), German
(9.2%), English (7.9%), Irish (7.9%), Italian (2.5%).
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Iron Gate
- High school or higher: 66.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 0.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Iron Gate town
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 57.1%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 13.7%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -12 (-2.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Iron Gate:
- COLUMBIA ALLEGHENY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
LOWMOOR, VA)
- BATH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; HOT
SPRINGS, VA)
- STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
LEXINGTON, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Iron
Gate:
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 36 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
- GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 42 miles; LEWISBURG, WV;
ID: LWB)
- LYNCHBURG REGIONAL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (about 53
miles; LYNCHBURG, VA; ID: LYH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Iron Gate:
- INGALLS FIELD (about 11 miles; HOT SPRINGS, VA; ID:
HSP)
- NEW LONDON (about 49 miles; FOREST, VA; ID: W90)
- SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (about 51 miles; MONETA, VA; ID:
W91)
Amtrak station near Iron Gate:
- 4 miles: CLIFTON FORGE (400 RIDGEWAY ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Iron Gate:
- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles;
LEXINGTON, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,063)
- VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
- NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 41 miles; SALEM,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
- LIBERTY UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; LYNCHBURG, VA;
FT enrollment: 5,348)
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about
58 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles;
HARRISONBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 14,447)
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