Clive vs West Des Moines

A side-by-side comparison of Clive and West Des Moines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Des Moines has the higher population (69,893 vs 18,776 in Clive). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $84,925 in West Des Moines). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $286,300 in West Des Moines).

Population, income & housing

	Clive	West Des Moines
Population	18,776	69,893
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$131,082	$84,925
Median home value	$379,000	$286,300
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,194
Housing units	7,455	33,605
Homeownership rate	73.8%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clive	West Des Moines
Population	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)	65,606 → 69,893 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)	$76,368 → $84,925 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)	$218,500 → $286,300 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)	$1,017 → $1,194 (+17.4%)

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

West Des Moines

Population

65,60669,893

Median household income

$76,368$84,925

Median home value

$218,500$286,300

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clive	West Des Moines
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clive	West Des Moines
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clive	West Des Moines
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	12.4%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clive	West Des Moines
Drove alone	62.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.2%	17.3%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clive	West Des Moines
1-unit, detached	64.5%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	18.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	22.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Clive	West Des Moines
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1995	1993