Clarinda vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of Clarinda and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarinda has the higher population (5,366 vs 4,913 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($52,469 vs $50,644 in Clarinda). Clarinda has the higher median home value ($112,200 vs $110,000 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
Population	5,366	4,913
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,644	$52,469
Median home value	$112,200	$110,000
Median gross rent	$653	$762
Housing units	2,261	2,492
Homeownership rate	66.2%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
Population	5,388 → 5,366 (-0.4%)	4,897 → 4,913 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,013 → $50,644 (+1.3%)	$42,675 → $52,469 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $112,200 (+20.3%)	$85,000 → $110,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $653 (-0.3%)	$663 → $762 (+14.9%)

Clarinda

Population

5,3885,366

Median household income

$50,013$50,644

Median home value

$93,300$112,200

Median gross rent

$655$653

Shenandoah

Population

4,8974,913

Median household income

$42,675$52,469

Median home value

$85,000$110,000

Median gross rent

$663$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
Under 5	4.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.7%
75 and over	10.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.0%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
Drove alone	74.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.4%
Other means	5.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	72.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarinda	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	11.6%	22.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1958	1949