Iola vs Jerseytown

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

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

Jerseytown has the higher population (186 vs 129 in Iola). Iola has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $188,800 in Jerseytown). Since 2019, Jerseytown's population has grown faster (+35.8% vs -34.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Jerseytown
Population	129	186
Median age	28.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$13,750	—
Median home value	$262,500	$188,800
Median gross rent	$624	—
Housing units	60	78
Homeownership rate	15.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Jerseytown
Population	197 → 129 (-34.5%)	137 → 186 (+35.8%)
Median household income	—	$33,750 → $48,333 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $262,500 (+208.8%)	$97,500 → $188,800 (+93.6%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $624 (-12.6%)	$775 → $885 (+14.2%)

Iola

Population

197129

Median home value

$85,000$262,500

Median gross rent

$714$624

Jerseytown

Population

137186

Median household income

$33,750$48,333

Median home value

$97,500$188,800

Median gross rent

$775$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Jerseytown
Under 5	14.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	25.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	28.5%
55 to 64	24.8%	6.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.7%
75 and over	1.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Jerseytown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Jerseytown
No high school diploma	25.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	52.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Jerseytown
Drove alone	81.3%	53.6%
Carpooled	18.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Jerseytown
1-unit, detached	56.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	43.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Jerseytown
Poverty rate	54.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1943	1938