The overall crime rate in Iola is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Iola has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Iola a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Iola, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Iola is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Iola citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.14% of adults 25 and older in Iola have a college degree.
The per capita income in Iola in 2022 was $31,242, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,968 for a family of four. However, Iola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Iola is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Iola home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iola residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Iola also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Iola include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Iola is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
