What is the population of Clever city?

Clever city has 2,977 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #205 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Clever city?

Median household income in Clever city is $77,403 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,118 a month and the median home value is $179,400, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clever city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clever, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clever, Missouri (Clever, MO — Census place “Clever city”) is 2,977 residents, ranking #205 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $77,403, the median home is worth $179,400 and median gross rent runs $1,118 a month. Looking for the Clever Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clever, MO: 65631.

Population: 2,977Clever city residents
Median household income: $77,403Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $179,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,118Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.6%Owner-occupied households

Clever ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clever.

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

65631

What the numbers mean in Clever city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clever city median would spend about 17.3% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.2% of residents and 71.6% of households own their home.

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

Clever city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clever city is a small town in Missouri, with 2,977 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #205 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 31.7 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 Clever city earn a median of $77,403 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 39% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri 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 6.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clever city is valued at $179,400, 40.9% below the national figure and 18% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,118 a month, 20.5% below the national figure, or roughly $13,416 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% 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 2.3×, 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. 71.6% 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.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Clever city?: Clever city has 2,977 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #205 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Clever city?: Median household income in Clever city is $77,403 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clever city?: Median gross rent is $1,118 a month and the median home value is $179,400, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Clever city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clever city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clever 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.