What is the population of Clarence city?

Clarence city has 1,223 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #254 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Clarence city?

Median household income in Clarence city is $56,875 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $925 a month and the median home value is $137,800, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clarence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clarence, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clarence, Iowa (Clarence, IA — Census place “Clarence city”) is 1,223 residents, ranking #254 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $56,875, the median home is worth $137,800 and median gross rent runs $925 a month. Looking for the Clarence Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clarence, IA: 52216.

Population: 1,223Clarence city residents
Median household income: $56,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $925Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.7%Owner-occupied households

Clarence ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clarence.

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

52216

What the numbers mean in Clarence city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clarence city median would spend about 19.5% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.4% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.

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

Clarence city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clarence city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,223 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #254 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 34.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Clarence city earn a median of $56,875 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clarence city is valued at $137,800, 54.6% below the national figure and 12% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $925 a month, 34.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,100 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% 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 2.4×, 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. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Clarence city?: Clarence city has 1,223 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #254 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Clarence city?: Median household income in Clarence city is $56,875 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clarence city?: Median gross rent is $925 a month and the median home value is $137,800, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
Is Clarence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clarence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clarence 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.