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Iola, KS

5,348 Population
4.5 square miles 1,197.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Allen County: 41.2 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,378 ±$2,078 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allen County: $31,357 ±$2,169
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$54,221 ±$4,939 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allen County: $60,689 ±$4,364
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

8.6% ±3.3% (425  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Allen County: 9.9% † 1,192 (±2.4% / ±282)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

17.4 minutes ±5 (38,710  ±11,715) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Allen County: 18.4 † 98,425 (±2.1 / ±13,023)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

2,063 ±128 Number of households
  • Allen County: 5,011 ±201
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.4 ±0.2 (4,946  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Allen County: 2.4 12,033 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

3.9% ±3.9% (44  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Allen County: 5.4% † 137 (±2.7% / ±67)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

2,471 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Allen County: 6,077 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$78,300 ±$17,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Allen County: $107,600 ±$9,605
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

16.2% ±4.2% (854  ±223.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 13.1% † 1,615 (±2.6% / ±324.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94.6% ±9.3% (3,088  ±331.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allen County: 94.2% 7,981 (±5.3% / ±457.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
23.6% ±4.9% (769  ±163.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allen County: 22.4% † 1,902 (±2.8% / ±239.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

4.3% ±2.3% (230  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Allen County: 3.2% 401
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

8.8% ±2.6% (359  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 8% † 772 (±1.4% / ±138)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
359 Total veterans ±104 333 Male ±99 26 Female ±42

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