Clare vs Lehigh

A side-by-side comparison of Clare and Lehigh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lehigh has the higher population (354 vs 179 in Clare). Clare has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $58,824 in Lehigh). Lehigh has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $77,500 in Clare).

Population, income & housing

	Clare	Lehigh
Population	179	354
Median age	30.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$58,824
Median home value	$77,500	$83,300
Median gross rent	$650	$633
Housing units	78	178
Homeownership rate	73.3%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clare	Lehigh
Population	184 → 179 (-2.7%)	379 → 354 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $83,750 (+27.2%)	$46,875 → $58,824 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $77,500 (+47.6%)	$65,600 → $83,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $650 (-9.1%)	$433 → $633 (+46.2%)

Clare

Population

184179

Median household income

$65,833$83,750

Median home value

$52,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$715$650

Lehigh

Population

379354

Median household income

$46,875$58,824

Median home value

$65,600$83,300

Median gross rent

$433$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clare	Lehigh
Under 5	15.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	8.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clare	Lehigh
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clare	Lehigh
No high school diploma	6.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	60.0%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clare	Lehigh
Drove alone	87.5%	92.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clare	Lehigh
1-unit, detached	69.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Clare	Lehigh
Poverty rate	3.9%	18.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1963	1947