Iola, Kansas

Iola population, 2020 to 2024

Iola lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -30. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Iola is 46% of it.

Iola covers 4.47 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,188 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Iola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Iola is in

All of Iola's residents live in Allen County, which had 12,425 residents in 2024. Iola holds 42.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iola

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66749. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Iola is

The Census internal point of Iola is at 37.927400, -95.400700. Topeka, the capital, is 78.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chanute, KS (8,536 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 73.1 miles away.

Daylight in Iola

At 37.93° N, Iola gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Iola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Humboldt, 8.2 miles away, with 1,817 people.