Clearfield vs Sharpsburg

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

Clearfield and Sharpsburg 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 79 in Sharpsburg). Clearfield has the higher median household income ($47,083 vs $46,964 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $63,000 in Clearfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
Population	444	79
Median age	39.9 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$46,964
Median home value	$63,000	$96,700
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	195	45
Homeownership rate	65.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
Population	383 → 444 (+15.9%)	123 → 79 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$44,792 → $47,083 (+5.1%)	$48,281 → $46,964 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $63,000 (+3.8%)	$37,500 → $96,700 (+157.9%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $675 (-19.6%)	$741 → $1,042 (+40.6%)

Clearfield

Population

383444

Median household income

$44,792$47,083

Median home value

$60,700$63,000

Median gross rent

$840$675

Sharpsburg

Population

12379

Median household income

$48,281$46,964

Median home value

$37,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$741$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	20.3%
35 to 44	21.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	1.4%	38.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	1.3%
75 and over	11.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	97.5%
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%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	50.3%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	81.4%	59.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	41.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	78.5%	93.3%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Clearfield	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	17.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1952	1938