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Clarion, IA

2,775 Population
3.4 square miles 826.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±8.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wright County: 39.8 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,614 ±$6,753 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wright County: $37,066 ±$2,730
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$58,702 ±$10,950 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wright County: $64,033 ±$6,147
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.3% ±7.4% (385  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Wright County: 14.8% † 1,867 (±2.9% / ±372)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

12 minutes ±1.7 (16,705  ±2,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wright County: 19.2 100,540 (±1.7 / ±10,322)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,341 ±114 Number of households
  • Wright County: 5,352 ±170
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2 ±0.2 (2,667  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wright County: 2.4 12,609 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

8% ±7.1% (45  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wright County: 6.2% † 155 (±2.2% / ±56)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,508 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Wright County: 6,266 ±26
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$107,600 ±$15,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wright County: $109,800 ±$7,760
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.2% ±5.8% (358  ±157.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wright County: 10.5% † 1,324 (±3.1% / ±386.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

90.5% ±11.8% (1,695  ±257.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 92.7% 7,966 (±5% / ±439)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
25.4% ±6.1% (476  ±119.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wright County: 23.5% † 2,020 (±2.5% / ±218.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% ±3.3% (188  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wright County: 6.2% 790
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.2% ±2.5% (180  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 8.3% † 782 (±1.2% / ±110)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
180 Total veterans ±55 167 Male ±57 13 Female ±15

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