What is the population of Clare city?

Clare city has 179 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #724 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Clare city?

Median household income in Clare city is $83,750 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $650 a month and the median home value is $77,500, so rent absorbs about 9.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 0.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clare city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clare, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clare, Iowa (Clare, IA — Census place “Clare city”) is 179 residents, ranking #724 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $83,750, the median home is worth $77,500 and median gross rent runs $650 a month. Looking for the Clare Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clare, IA: 50524.

Population: 179Clare city residents
Median household income: $83,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $77,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $650Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.3%Owner-occupied households

Clare ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clare.

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

50524

What the numbers mean in Clare city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clare city median would spend about 9.3% 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 0.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.9% of residents and 73.3% of households own their home.

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

Clare city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clare city is a very small community in Iowa, with 179 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #724 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 29% of them. The median age here is 30.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Clare city earn a median of $83,750 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 24% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa 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 3.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clare city is valued at $77,500, 74.5% below the national figure and 50% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $650 a month, 53.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,800 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 9.3% 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 0.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 73.3% 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.

With 179 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Clare city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Clare city?: Clare city has 179 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #724 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Clare city?: Median household income in Clare city is $83,750 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clare city?: Median gross rent is $650 a month and the median home value is $77,500, so rent absorbs about 9.3% of median household income.
Is Clare city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 0.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clare city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clare city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.