Iola vs Marion

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

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

Iola has the higher population (1,230 vs 1,167 in Marion). Marion has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $49,688 in Iola). Iola has the higher median home value ($150,200 vs $97,500 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Iola	Marion
Population	1,230	1,167
Median age	44.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,688	$63,750
Median home value	$150,200	$97,500
Median gross rent	$734	$726
Housing units	654	575
Homeownership rate	57.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iola	Marion
Population	1,174 → 1,230 (+4.8%)	1,075 → 1,167 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$45,603 → $49,688 (+9.0%)	$38,611 → $63,750 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $150,200 (+52.8%)	$90,000 → $97,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $734 (+19.2%)	$615 → $726 (+18.0%)

Iola

Population

1,1741,230

Median household income

$45,603$49,688

Median home value

$98,300$150,200

Median gross rent

$616$734

Marion

Population

1,0751,167

Median household income

$38,611$63,750

Median home value

$90,000$97,500

Median gross rent

$615$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iola	Marion
Under 5	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.3%
75 and over	12.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iola	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iola	Marion
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	48.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iola	Marion
Drove alone	81.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iola	Marion
1-unit, detached	65.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Iola	Marion
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1974	1967