Bedford vs Clearfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford and Clearfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bedford has the higher population (1,389 vs 444 in Clearfield). Bedford has the higher median household income ($57,031 vs $47,083 in Clearfield). Bedford has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $63,000 in Clearfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Clearfield
Population	1,389	444
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,031	$47,083
Median home value	$88,900	$63,000
Median gross rent	$663	$675
Housing units	704	195
Homeownership rate	80.2%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Clearfield
Population	1,513 → 1,389 (-8.2%)	383 → 444 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$48,077 → $57,031 (+18.6%)	$44,792 → $47,083 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $88,900 (+44.3%)	$60,700 → $63,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$840 → $675 (-19.6%)

Bedford

Population

1,5131,389

Median household income

$48,077$57,031

Median home value

$61,600$88,900

Median gross rent

$586$663

Clearfield

Population

383444

Median household income

$44,792$47,083

Median home value

$60,700$63,000

Median gross rent

$840$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Clearfield
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	21.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	1.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.4%
75 and over	9.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Clearfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Clearfield
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Clearfield
Drove alone	70.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Clearfield
1-unit, detached	84.1%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Clearfield
Poverty rate	10.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1952	1952