Iola vs Stillwater

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

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

Stillwater has the higher population (184 vs 129 in Iola). Stillwater has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $13,750 in Iola). Iola has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $173,400 in Stillwater).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Stillwater
Population	129	184
Median age	28.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$13,750	$80,833
Median home value	$262,500	$173,400
Median gross rent	$624	$950
Housing units	60	90
Homeownership rate	15.0%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Stillwater
Population	197 → 129 (-34.5%)	258 → 184 (-28.7%)
Median household income	—	$42,321 → $80,833 (+91.0%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $262,500 (+208.8%)	$137,500 → $173,400 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $624 (-12.6%)	$1,021 → $950 (-7.0%)

Iola

Population

197129

Median home value

$85,000$262,500

Median gross rent

$714$624

Stillwater

Population

258184

Median household income

$42,321$80,833

Median home value

$137,500$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,021$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Stillwater
Under 5	14.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	25.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.7%	20.1%
55 to 64	24.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.2%
75 and over	1.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.9%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Stillwater
No high school diploma	25.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Stillwater
Drove alone	81.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	18.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	56.7%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	43.3%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Stillwater
Poverty rate	54.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1943	1948