Clearfield vs New Market

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

Clearfield and New Market 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 407 in New Market). New Market has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $47,083 in Clearfield). New Market has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $63,000 in Clearfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clearfield	New Market
Population	444	407
Median age	39.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$58,125
Median home value	$63,000	$92,000
Median gross rent	$675	$827
Housing units	195	229
Homeownership rate	65.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearfield	New Market
Population	383 → 444 (+15.9%)	469 → 407 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$44,792 → $47,083 (+5.1%)	$48,523 → $58,125 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $63,000 (+3.8%)	$65,600 → $92,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $675 (-19.6%)	$515 → $827 (+60.6%)

Clearfield

Population

383444

Median household income

$44,792$47,083

Median home value

$60,700$63,000

Median gross rent

$840$675

New Market

Population

469407

Median household income

$48,523$58,125

Median home value

$65,600$92,000

Median gross rent

$515$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearfield	New Market
Under 5	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	21.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	1.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.5%
75 and over	11.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearfield	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	91.9%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearfield	New Market
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearfield	New Market
Drove alone	81.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearfield	New Market
1-unit, detached	78.5%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Clearfield	New Market
Poverty rate	17.7%	13.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1952	1946