Cleghorn vs Marcus

A side-by-side comparison of Cleghorn and Marcus: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleghorn and Marcus are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marcus has the higher population (1,236 vs 274 in Cleghorn). Marcus has the higher median household income ($75,288 vs $48,750 in Cleghorn). Marcus has the higher median home value ($174,100 vs $84,300 in Cleghorn).

Population, income & housing

	Cleghorn	Marcus
Population	274	1,236
Median age	51.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$75,288
Median home value	$84,300	$174,100
Median gross rent	$675	$637
Housing units	135	626
Homeownership rate	88.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleghorn	Marcus
Population	212 → 274 (+29.2%)	1,233 → 1,236 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $48,750 (+0.0%)	$55,833 → $75,288 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $84,300 (+18.7%)	$101,500 → $174,100 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $675 (+1.8%)	$673 → $637 (-5.3%)

Cleghorn

Population

212274

Median household income

$48,750$48,750

Median home value

$71,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$663$675

Marcus

Population

1,2331,236

Median household income

$55,833$75,288

Median home value

$101,500$174,100

Median gross rent

$673$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleghorn	Marcus
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.2%
75 and over	11.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleghorn	Marcus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleghorn	Marcus
No high school diploma	11.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleghorn	Marcus
Drove alone	87.1%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleghorn	Marcus
1-unit, detached	97.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cleghorn	Marcus
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1938	1953