Clive vs Grimes

A side-by-side comparison of Clive and Grimes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clive has the higher population (18,776 vs 15,810 in Grimes). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $104,497 in Grimes). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $281,000 in Grimes).

Population, income & housing

	Clive	Grimes
Population	18,776	15,810
Median age	38.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$131,082	$104,497
Median home value	$379,000	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,156
Housing units	7,455	6,209
Homeownership rate	73.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clive	Grimes
Population	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)	12,839 → 15,810 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)	$81,950 → $104,497 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)	$225,800 → $281,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)	$1,002 → $1,156 (+15.4%)

Clive

Population

17,16718,776

Median household income

$104,839$131,082

Median home value

$264,300$379,000

Median gross rent

$984$1,099

Grimes

Population

12,83915,810

Median household income

$81,950$104,497

Median home value

$225,800$281,000

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clive	Grimes
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	19.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.3%
75 and over	7.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clive	Grimes
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	5.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clive	Grimes
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	12.4%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clive	Grimes
Drove alone	62.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	24.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clive	Grimes
1-unit, detached	64.5%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Clive	Grimes
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1995	2008