Iola vs Plantersville

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

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

Plantersville has the higher population (551 vs 286 in Iola). Plantersville has the higher median household income ($100,192 vs $52,917 in Iola). Plantersville has the higher median home value ($236,000 vs $170,300 in Iola).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Plantersville
Population	286	551
Median age	57.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$100,192
Median home value	$170,300	$236,000
Median gross rent	$743	$943
Housing units	195	230
Homeownership rate	72.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Plantersville
Population	209 → 286 (+36.8%)	431 → 551 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$50,417 → $52,917 (+5.0%)	$34,531 → $100,192 (+190.2%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $170,300 (+99.4%)	$137,500 → $236,000 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $743 (+7.4%)	$832 → $943 (+13.3%)

Iola

Population

209286

Median household income

$50,417$52,917

Median home value

$85,400$170,300

Median gross rent

$692$743

Plantersville

Population

431551

Median household income

$34,531$100,192

Median home value

$137,500$236,000

Median gross rent

$832$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Plantersville
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	4.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	19.9%	14.3%
75 and over	10.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Plantersville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	56.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	17.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Plantersville
No high school diploma	15.5%	21.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Plantersville
Drove alone	94.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	13.9%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Plantersville
1-unit, detached	70.3%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	36.1%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Plantersville
Poverty rate	8.7%	24.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	40
Median year structure built	1986	2002