What is the population of Clarion city?

Clarion city has 2,775 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #132 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Clarion city?

Median household income in Clarion city is $58,702 a year, 25.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $764 a month and the median home value is $107,600, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clarion city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clarion, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clarion, Iowa (Clarion, IA — Census place “Clarion city”) is 2,775 residents, ranking #132 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $58,702, the median home is worth $107,600 and median gross rent runs $764 a month. Looking for the Clarion Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clarion, IA: 50525.

Population: 2,775Clarion city residents
Median household income: $58,702Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $107,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $764Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.1%Owner-occupied households

Clarion ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clarion.

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

50525

What the numbers mean in Clarion city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clarion city median would spend about 15.6% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.3% of residents and 66.1% of households own their home.

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

Clarion city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clarion city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,775 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #132 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 38.3 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 Clarion city earn a median of $58,702 a year, 25.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clarion city is valued at $107,600, 64.5% below the national figure and 31% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $764 a month, 45.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,168 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.6% 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 1.8×, 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. 66.1% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

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What is the population of Clarion city?: Clarion city has 2,775 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #132 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Clarion city?: Median household income in Clarion city is $58,702 a year, 25.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clarion city?: Median gross rent is $764 a month and the median home value is $107,600, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.
Is Clarion city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clarion city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clarion 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.