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Clarion, IA

2,770 Population
3.4 square miles 824.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±10.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wright County: 39.4 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,462 ±$7,933 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wright County: $39,059 ±$2,898
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,625 ±$8,432 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wright County: $67,190 ±$5,843
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±7.4% (284  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wright County: 16.8% † 2,116 (±3.3% / ±421)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.1 minutes ±2 (18,370  ±3,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wright County: 20.2 106,665 (±1.9 / ±10,986)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,319 ±103 Number of households
  • Wright County: 5,353 ±190
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,666  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wright County: 2.4 12,593 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±5.9% (37  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 6.9% † 174 (±2.5% / ±62)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,512 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Wright County: 6,278 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,200 ±$11,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wright County: $119,600 ±$6,832
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±4.1% (287  ±113.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 10.2% † 1,287 (±3.2% / ±399.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±10.9% (1,712  ±242.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wright County: 91.7% 7,853 (±5.2% / ±459.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.5% ±6.2% (520  ±127) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 24.9% † 2,132 (±2.9% / ±248.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.5% ±3% (153  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wright County: 6.5% 837
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.9% (189  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 8.2% † 776 (±1.4% / ±128)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±65 177 Male ±67 12 Female ±13

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