Iola vs Moran

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

Iola and Moran 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 455 in Moran). Moran has the higher median household income ($51,797 vs $50,417 in Iola). Moran has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $78,100 in Iola).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Moran
Population	5,368	455
Median age	38.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$51,797
Median home value	$78,100	$95,400
Median gross rent	$689	$447
Housing units	2,629	231
Homeownership rate	62.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Moran
Population	5,351 → 5,368 (+0.3%)	394 → 455 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$36,750 → $50,417 (+37.2%)	$42,500 → $51,797 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $78,100 (-4.3%)	$58,300 → $95,400 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $689 (+1.3%)	$594 → $447 (-24.7%)

Iola

Population

5,3515,368

Median household income

$36,750$50,417

Median home value

$81,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$680$689

Moran

Population

394455

Median household income

$42,500$51,797

Median home value

$58,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$594$447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Moran
Under 5	5.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	7.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	21.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.5%
75 and over	10.2%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Moran
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	92.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Moran
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.3%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Moran
Drove alone	74.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	14.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Moran
1-unit, detached	82.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Moran
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1962	1971