Blockton vs Clearfield

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

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

Clearfield has the higher population (444 vs 137 in Blockton). Blockton has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $47,083 in Clearfield). Since 2019, Clearfield's population has grown faster (+15.9% vs +3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Blockton	Clearfield
Population	137	444
Median age	49.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$47,083
Median home value	—	$63,000
Median gross rent	$729	$675
Housing units	99	195
Homeownership rate	55.1%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blockton	Clearfield
Population	133 → 137 (+3.0%)	383 → 444 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $77,917 (+117.4%)	$44,792 → $47,083 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $32,900 (+46.2%)	$60,700 → $63,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $729 (+56.1%)	$840 → $675 (-19.6%)

Blockton

Population

133137

Median household income

$35,833$77,917

Median home value

$22,500$32,900

Median gross rent

$467$729

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)

	Blockton	Clearfield
Under 5	7.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	21.6%
45 to 54	24.1%	1.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.4%
75 and over	5.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blockton	Clearfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blockton	Clearfield
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blockton	Clearfield
Drove alone	85.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blockton	Clearfield
1-unit, detached	88.9%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Blockton	Clearfield
Poverty rate	3.6%	17.7%
Average household size	1.76	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1951	1952