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Iola, TX
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Living in Iola



Iola is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 339 people and two associated neighborhoods, Iola is the 984th largest community in Texas.

Iola’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Iola has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Iola has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Iola than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Iola may be for you.

One downside of living in Iola, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.04 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Iola does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Iola is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.14% of adults 25 and older in Iola have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.


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