Gas vs Iola

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

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

Iola has the higher population (5,368 vs 581 in Gas). Gas has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $50,417 in Iola). Iola has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $71,900 in Gas).

Population, income & housing

	Gas	Iola
Population	581	5,368
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$50,417
Median home value	$71,900	$78,100
Median gross rent	$708	$689
Housing units	249	2,629
Homeownership rate	75.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas	Iola
Population	510 → 581 (+13.9%)	5,351 → 5,368 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$51,103 → $56,667 (+10.9%)	$36,750 → $50,417 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $71,900 (-1.9%)	$81,600 → $78,100 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $708 (-10.8%)	$680 → $689 (+1.3%)

Gas

Population

510581

Median household income

$51,103$56,667

Median home value

$73,300$71,900

Median gross rent

$794$708

Iola

Population

5,3515,368

Median household income

$36,750$50,417

Median home value

$81,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$680$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas	Iola
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	13.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	21.0%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas	Iola
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas	Iola
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas	Iola
Drove alone	84.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas	Iola
1-unit, detached	64.7%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Gas	Iola
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1975	1962