Iola vs La Harpe

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

Iola and La Harpe 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 424 in La Harpe). Iola has the higher median household income ($50,417 vs $43,167 in La Harpe). Iola has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $54,900 in La Harpe).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	La Harpe
Population	5,368	424
Median age	38.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$43,167
Median home value	$78,100	$54,900
Median gross rent	$689	$655
Housing units	2,629	283
Homeownership rate	62.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	La Harpe
Population	5,351 → 5,368 (+0.3%)	506 → 424 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$36,750 → $50,417 (+37.2%)	$36,731 → $43,167 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $78,100 (-4.3%)	$54,400 → $54,900 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $689 (+1.3%)	$715 → $655 (-8.4%)

Iola

Population

5,3515,368

Median household income

$36,750$50,417

Median home value

$81,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$680$689

La Harpe

Population

506424

Median household income

$36,731$43,167

Median home value

$54,400$54,900

Median gross rent

$715$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	La Harpe
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	13.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	27.1%
75 and over	10.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	La Harpe
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	La Harpe
No high school diploma	8.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	La Harpe
Drove alone	74.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	La Harpe
1-unit, detached	82.5%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Iola	La Harpe
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.3%
Average household size	2.23	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1962	1981