Clive vs Urbandale

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

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

Urbandale has the higher population (46,026 vs 18,776 in Clive). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $113,086 in Urbandale). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $318,800 in Urbandale).

Population, income & housing

	Clive	Urbandale
Population	18,776	46,026
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$131,082	$113,086
Median home value	$379,000	$318,800
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,176
Housing units	7,455	17,907
Homeownership rate	73.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clive	Urbandale
Population	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)	43,441 → 46,026 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)	$90,858 → $113,086 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)	$237,500 → $318,800 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)	$935 → $1,176 (+25.8%)

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

Urbandale

Population

43,44146,026

Median household income

$90,858$113,086

Median home value

$237,500$318,800

Median gross rent

$935$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clive	Urbandale
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clive	Urbandale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	5.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clive	Urbandale
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	12.4%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clive	Urbandale
Drove alone	62.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	15.9%
Other means	2.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clive	Urbandale
1-unit, detached	64.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Clive	Urbandale
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1995	1992