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Iola, KS

5,395 Population
4.5 square miles 1,208.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allen County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,718 ±$2,120 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen County: $27,155 ±$1,601
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$46,351 ±$6,476 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allen County: $55,059 ±$4,572
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

19.5% ±5.3% (979  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Allen County: 15.2% † 1,841 (±2.8% / ±342)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

21.2 minutes ±5.2 (47,780  ±12,655) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Allen County: 20.6 † 111,190 (±2.3 / ±13,762)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

2,178 ±141 Number of households
  • Allen County: 4,981 ±198
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.2 (5,020  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Allen County: 2.4 12,122 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

4.9% ±3.8% (60  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Allen County: 6% † 151 (±2.7% / ±67)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

2,672 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Allen County: 6,067 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$85,500 ±$11,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen County: $95,700 ±$5,251
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.3% ±5.1% (920  ±273) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Allen County: 13.2% † 1,637 (±2.7% / ±,337.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.4% ±9.2% (3,163  ±,349.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allen County: 92.6% 7,913 (±5.4% / ±464)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
20.8% ±4.3% (726  ±,152.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allen County: 19.6% † 1,675 (±2.5% / ±,210.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.6% (141  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Allen County: 2.8% 345
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.7% ±2.4% (320  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Allen County: 7.7% † 747 (±1.2% / ±121)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
320 Total veterans ±100 301 Male ±94 19 Female ±32

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