Iola vs Savonburg

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

Iola and Savonburg 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 120 in Savonburg). Iola has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $40,800 in Savonburg). Since 2019, Savonburg's population has grown faster (+73.9% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Savonburg
Population	5,368	120
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	—
Median home value	$78,100	$40,800
Median gross rent	$689	—
Housing units	2,629	47
Homeownership rate	62.3%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Savonburg
Population	5,351 → 5,368 (+0.3%)	69 → 120 (+73.9%)
Median household income	$36,750 → $50,417 (+37.2%)	$50,625 → $53,750 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $78,100 (-4.3%)	$26,900 → $40,800 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $689 (+1.3%)	—

Iola

Population

5,3515,368

Median household income

$36,750$50,417

Median home value

$81,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$680$689

Savonburg

Population

69120

Median household income

$50,625$53,750

Median home value

$26,900$40,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Savonburg
Under 5	5.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.8%
75 and over	10.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Savonburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Savonburg
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Savonburg
Drove alone	74.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Savonburg
1-unit, detached	82.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
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%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Savonburg
Poverty rate	14.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.23	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	45
Median year structure built	1962	1938