Flora vs Iola

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

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

Flora has the higher population (4,860 vs 71 in Iola). Flora has the higher median household income ($50,588 vs $45,000 in Iola). Flora has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $71,700 in Iola).

Population, income & housing

	Flora	Iola
Population	4,860	71
Median age	41.1 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,588	$45,000
Median home value	$78,400	$71,700
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	2,466	38
Homeownership rate	79.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flora	Iola
Population	4,917 → 4,860 (-1.2%)	141 → 71 (-49.6%)
Median household income	$47,413 → $50,588 (+6.7%)	$41,389 → $45,000 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $78,400 (-0.1%)	$66,700 → $71,700 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)	—

Flora

Population

4,9174,860

Median household income

$47,413$50,588

Median home value

$78,500$78,400

Median gross rent

$606$728

Iola

Population

14171

Median household income

$41,389$45,000

Median home value

$66,700$71,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flora	Iola
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	5.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	32.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.9%
75 and over	11.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flora	Iola
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flora	Iola
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	67.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flora	Iola
Drove alone	87.8%	95.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flora	Iola
1-unit, detached	76.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Flora	Iola
Poverty rate	14.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1960	1950