Chelsea vs Clutier

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Clutier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (342 vs 318 in Clutier). Clutier has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $32,188 in Chelsea). Clutier has the higher median home value ($58,900 vs $43,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Clutier
Population	342	318
Median age	35.5 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$60,625
Median home value	$43,100	$58,900
Median gross rent	$681	$1,167
Housing units	155	166
Homeownership rate	94.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Clutier
Population	272 → 342 (+25.7%)	171 → 318 (+86.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $32,188 (-34.0%)	$51,250 → $60,625 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $43,100 (+13.4%)	$53,600 → $58,900 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $681 (+1.9%)	$781 → $1,167 (+49.4%)

Chelsea

Population

272342

Median household income

$48,750$32,188

Median home value

$38,000$43,100

Median gross rent

$668$681

Clutier

Population

171318

Median household income

$51,250$60,625

Median home value

$53,600$58,900

Median gross rent

$781$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Clutier
Under 5	3.8%	11.9%
5 to 17	28.9%	25.5%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	33.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	4.1%	6.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Clutier
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Clutier
No high school diploma	30.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Clutier
Drove alone	70.2%	48.9%
Carpooled	20.7%	32.1%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Clutier
1-unit, detached	96.8%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Clutier
Poverty rate	35.7%	26.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938