Clinton vs DeWitt

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

Clinton and DeWitt 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 5,535 in DeWitt). DeWitt has the higher median household income ($84,474 vs $57,493 in Clinton). DeWitt has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $115,400 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	DeWitt
Population	24,425	5,535
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,493	$84,474
Median home value	$115,400	$223,100
Median gross rent	$751	$950
Housing units	12,360	2,254
Homeownership rate	66.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	DeWitt
Population	25,416 → 24,425 (-3.9%)	5,203 → 5,535 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$44,094 → $57,493 (+30.4%)	$53,580 → $84,474 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $115,400 (+16.0%)	$146,000 → $223,100 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $751 (+9.3%)	$808 → $950 (+17.6%)

Clinton

Population

25,41624,425

Median household income

$44,094$57,493

Median home value

$99,500$115,400

Median gross rent

$687$751

DeWitt

Population

5,2035,535

Median household income

$53,580$84,474

Median home value

$146,000$223,100

Median gross rent

$808$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	DeWitt
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.5%
75 and over	8.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	DeWitt
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	93.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	DeWitt
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	DeWitt
Drove alone	81.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.1%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	DeWitt
1-unit, detached	71.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	DeWitt
Poverty rate	18.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1954	1975