Iola vs Slabtown

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

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

Iola has the higher population (129 vs 111 in Slabtown). Slabtown has the higher median household income ($90,714 vs $13,750 in Iola). Iola has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $225,000 in Slabtown).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Slabtown
Population	129	111
Median age	28.7 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$13,750	$90,714
Median home value	$262,500	$225,000
Median gross rent	$624	—
Housing units	60	80
Homeownership rate	15.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Slabtown
Population	197 → 129 (-34.5%)	152 → 111 (-27.0%)
Median household income	—	$54,583 → $90,714 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $262,500 (+208.8%)	$112,500 → $225,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $624 (-12.6%)	—

Iola

Population

197129

Median home value

$85,000$262,500

Median gross rent

$714$624

Slabtown

Population

152111

Median household income

$54,583$90,714

Median home value

$112,500$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Slabtown
Under 5	14.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	7.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.4%
25 to 34	25.6%	31.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	24.8%	5.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.3%
75 and over	1.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Slabtown
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	Slabtown
No high school diploma	25.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Slabtown
Drove alone	81.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Slabtown
1-unit, detached	56.7%	57.5%
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%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Slabtown
Poverty rate	54.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1943	1975