Charlotte vs Clinton

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Clinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (24,425 vs 431 in Charlotte). Charlotte has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $57,493 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $95,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Clinton
Population	431	24,425
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$57,493
Median home value	$95,500	$115,400
Median gross rent	$704	$751
Housing units	193	12,360
Homeownership rate	78.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Clinton
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	25,416 → 24,425 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$61,500 → $69,792 (+13.5%)	$44,094 → $57,493 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $95,500 (-7.8%)	$99,500 → $115,400 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $704 (+22.4%)	$687 → $751 (+9.3%)

Charlotte

Population

323431

Median household income

$61,500$69,792

Median home value

$103,600$95,500

Median gross rent

$575$704

Clinton

Population

25,41624,425

Median household income

$44,094$57,493

Median home value

$99,500$115,400

Median gross rent

$687$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Clinton
Under 5	2.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.4%
75 and over	9.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Clinton
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Clinton
Drove alone	90.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Clinton
1-unit, detached	83.4%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Clinton
Poverty rate	13.2%	18.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1952	1954