What is the population of Paola city?

Paola city has 5,757 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Paola city?

Median household income in Paola city is $73,281 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paola city?

Median gross rent is $1,069 a month and the median home value is $195,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.

Is Paola city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Paola, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Paola, Kansas (Paola, KS — Census place “Paola city”) is 5,757 residents, ranking #59 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $73,281, the median home is worth $195,000 and median gross rent runs $1,069 a month. Looking for the Paola Kansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Paola, KS: 66071.

Population: 5,757Paola city residents
Median household income: $73,281Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $195,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,069Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.8%Owner-occupied households

Paola ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Paola.

The Paola KS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

66071

What the numbers mean in Paola city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Paola city median would spend about 17.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.7% of residents and 65.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Paola city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Paola city is a mid-size town in Kansas, with 5,757 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 44.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Paola city earn a median of $73,281 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% above the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Paola city is valued at $195,000, 35.7% below the national figure and 49% above the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,069 a month, 24% below the national figure, or roughly $12,828 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Paola city?: Paola city has 5,757 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Paola city?: Median household income in Paola city is $73,281 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paola city?: Median gross rent is $1,069 a month and the median home value is $195,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
Is Paola city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Paola city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.