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Iola, KS

5,368 Population
4.5 square miles 1,202.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allen County: 41.3 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,689 ±$2,483 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen County: $29,176 ±$1,646
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$50,417 ±$8,908 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen County: $57,618 † ±$5,900
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

14.5% ±4.7% (724  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 13.1% † 1,578 (±2.6% / ±316)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.6 minutes ±5.1 (44,040  ±12,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Allen County: 19.9 † 105,580 (±2.4 / ±14,292)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

2,229 ±147 Number of households
  • Allen County: 5,014 ±195
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.2 (4,976  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allen County: 2.4 12,046 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4.8% ±3.2% (55  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Allen County: 5.8% † 148 (±2.6% / ±65)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

2,629 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Allen County: 6,077 ±37
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$78,100 ±$13,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allen County: $100,400 ±$9,122
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

20% ±6% (1,054  ±316.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 16% † 1,971 (±3.4% / ±422.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.7% ±9% (3,288  ±360.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allen County: 93.5% 7,998 (±5.4% / ±467.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
22.9% ±5.2% (820  ±192.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 21.3% † 1,819 (±2.8% / ±238)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

3.4% ±1.4% (181  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 2.8% 355
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.8% ±2.4% (332  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Allen County: 7.4% † 722 (±1.3% / ±129)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
332 Total veterans ±102 300 Male ±98 32 Female ±41

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