Clearfield vs Gravity

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

Clearfield and Gravity 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 171 in Gravity). Gravity has the higher median household income ($51,071 vs $47,083 in Clearfield). Clearfield has the higher median home value ($63,000 vs $48,600 in Gravity).

Population, income & housing

	Clearfield	Gravity
Population	444	171
Median age	39.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$51,071
Median home value	$63,000	$48,600
Median gross rent	$675	$800
Housing units	195	97
Homeownership rate	65.1%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearfield	Gravity
Population	383 → 444 (+15.9%)	146 → 171 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$44,792 → $47,083 (+5.1%)	$37,000 → $51,071 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $63,000 (+3.8%)	$30,000 → $48,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $675 (-19.6%)	$610 → $800 (+31.1%)

Clearfield

Population

383444

Median household income

$44,792$47,083

Median home value

$60,700$63,000

Median gross rent

$840$675

Gravity

Population

146171

Median household income

$37,000$51,071

Median home value

$30,000$48,600

Median gross rent

$610$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearfield	Gravity
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	21.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	1.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	21.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	14.0%
75 and over	11.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearfield	Gravity
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	100.0%
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	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearfield	Gravity
No high school diploma	9.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearfield	Gravity
Drove alone	81.4%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearfield	Gravity
1-unit, detached	78.5%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Clearfield	Gravity
Poverty rate	17.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1952	1938