Iola vs Sailor Springs

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

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

Sailor Springs has the higher population (80 vs 71 in Iola). Sailor Springs has the higher median household income ($76,146 vs $45,000 in Iola). Since 2019, Sailor Springs's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -49.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Sailor Springs
Population	71	80
Median age	57.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$76,146
Median home value	$71,700	—
Housing units	38	40
Homeownership rate	80.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Sailor Springs
Population	141 → 71 (-49.6%)	80 → 80 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$41,389 → $45,000 (+8.7%)	$34,306 → $76,146 (+122.0%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $71,700 (+7.5%)	—

Iola

Population

14171

Median household income

$41,389$45,000

Median home value

$66,700$71,700

Sailor Springs

Population

8080

Median household income

$34,306$76,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Sailor Springs
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	6.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.6%	33.8%
55 to 64	32.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.8%
75 and over	12.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Sailor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Sailor Springs
No high school diploma	17.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	67.2%	85.5%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Sailor Springs
Drove alone	95.1%	93.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Sailor Springs
1-unit, detached	73.7%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Sailor Springs
Poverty rate	15.5%	2.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1950	1965