Clio vs Promise City

A side-by-side comparison of Clio and Promise City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Promise City has the higher population (86 vs 23 in Clio). Clio has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $41,406 in Promise City). Promise City has the higher median home value ($52,800 vs $52,500 in Clio).

Population, income & housing

	Clio	Promise City
Population	23	86
Median age	64.3 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$41,406
Median home value	$52,500	$52,800
Housing units	29	53
Homeownership rate	72.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clio	Promise City
Population	66 → 23 (-65.2%)	78 → 86 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$83,333 → $45,000 (-46.0%)	$20,938 → $41,406 (+97.8%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $52,500 (+0.0%)	$46,700 → $52,800 (+13.1%)

Clio

Population

6623

Median household income

$83,333$45,000

Median home value

$52,500$52,500

Promise City

Population

7886

Median household income

$20,938$41,406

Median home value

$46,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clio	Promise City
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	43.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	43.5%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clio	Promise City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	98.8%
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	26.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clio	Promise City
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clio	Promise City
Drove alone	84.6%	96.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clio	Promise City
1-unit, detached	96.6%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Clio	Promise City
Poverty rate	13.0%	19.8%
Average household size	1.28	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1949