Louisburg vs Paola

A side-by-side comparison of Louisburg and Paola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paola has the higher population (5,757 vs 5,034 in Louisburg). Louisburg has the higher median household income ($75,556 vs $73,281 in Paola). Louisburg has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $195,000 in Paola).

Population, income & housing

	Louisburg	Paola
Population	5,034	5,757
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,556	$73,281
Median home value	$257,600	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,069
Housing units	2,262	2,667
Homeownership rate	68.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisburg	Paola
Population	4,443 → 5,034 (+13.3%)	5,611 → 5,757 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$75,357 → $75,556 (+0.3%)	$51,324 → $73,281 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $257,600 (+42.2%)	$134,800 → $195,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,446 (+48.2%)	$728 → $1,069 (+46.8%)

Louisburg

Population

4,4435,034

Median household income

$75,357$75,556

Median home value

$181,100$257,600

Median gross rent

$976$1,446

Paola

Population

5,6115,757

Median household income

$51,324$73,281

Median home value

$134,800$195,000

Median gross rent

$728$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisburg	Paola
Under 5	5.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.2%
75 and over	7.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisburg	Paola
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisburg	Paola
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisburg	Paola
Drove alone	75.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisburg	Paola
1-unit, detached	77.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Louisburg	Paola
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1998	1970