Clive vs Johnston

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

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

Johnston has the higher population (24,196 vs 18,776 in Clive). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $103,430 in Johnston). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $346,200 in Johnston).

Population, income & housing

	Clive	Johnston
Population	18,776	24,196
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$131,082	$103,430
Median home value	$379,000	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,288
Housing units	7,455	9,868
Homeownership rate	73.8%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clive	Johnston
Population	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)	21,406 → 24,196 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)	$96,948 → $103,430 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)	$268,300 → $346,200 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)	$1,146 → $1,288 (+12.4%)

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

Johnston

Population

21,40624,196

Median household income

$96,948$103,430

Median home value

$268,300$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clive	Johnston
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clive	Johnston
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clive	Johnston
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	12.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clive	Johnston
Drove alone	62.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.2%	14.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clive	Johnston
1-unit, detached	64.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clive	Johnston
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1995	2004