Clay City vs Iola

A side-by-side comparison of Clay City and Iola: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay City and Iola are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay City has the higher population (744 vs 71 in Iola). Clay City has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $45,000 in Iola). Clay City has the higher median home value ($75,500 vs $71,700 in Iola).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Iola
Population	744	71
Median age	40.7 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$45,000
Median home value	$75,500	$71,700
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	393	38
Homeownership rate	75.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Iola
Population	865 → 744 (-14.0%)	141 → 71 (-49.6%)
Median household income	$43,409 → $53,750 (+23.8%)	$41,389 → $45,000 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $75,500 (+12.9%)	$66,700 → $71,700 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $585 (+23.7%)	—

Clay City

Population

865744

Median household income

$43,409$53,750

Median home value

$66,900$75,500

Median gross rent

$473$585

Iola

Population

14171

Median household income

$41,389$45,000

Median home value

$66,700$71,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Iola
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	5.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	32.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Iola
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Iola
No high school diploma	13.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	67.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Iola
Drove alone	88.9%	95.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Iola
1-unit, detached	68.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Iola
Poverty rate	27.8%	15.5%
Average household size	2.46	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1950