Iola vs Louisville

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (1,288 vs 71 in Iola). Iola has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $44,318 in Louisville). Louisville has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $71,700 in Iola).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Louisville
Population	71	1,288
Median age	57.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$44,318
Median home value	$71,700	$86,300
Median gross rent	—	$629
Housing units	38	578
Homeownership rate	80.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Louisville
Population	141 → 71 (-49.6%)	1,049 → 1,288 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$41,389 → $45,000 (+8.7%)	$34,773 → $44,318 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $71,700 (+7.5%)	$71,300 → $86,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$536 → $629 (+17.4%)

Iola

Population

14171

Median household income

$41,389$45,000

Median home value

$66,700$71,700

Louisville

Population

1,0491,288

Median household income

$34,773$44,318

Median home value

$71,300$86,300

Median gross rent

$536$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Louisville
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	5.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	32.4%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	12.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Louisville
No high school diploma	17.2%	19.6%
High school graduate	67.2%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Louisville
Drove alone	95.1%	95.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Louisville
1-unit, detached	73.7%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Louisville
Poverty rate	15.5%	28.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1950	1972