Belmond vs Clarion

A side-by-side comparison of Belmond and Clarion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarion has the higher population (2,775 vs 2,678 in Belmond). Belmond has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $58,702 in Clarion). Belmond has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $107,600 in Clarion).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Clarion
Population	2,678	2,775
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$58,702
Median home value	$110,800	$107,600
Median gross rent	$820	$764
Housing units	1,170	1,508
Homeownership rate	78.8%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Clarion
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	2,754 → 2,775 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$41,712 → $58,702 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$86,400 → $107,600 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$673 → $764 (+13.5%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Clarion

Population

2,7542,775

Median household income

$41,712$58,702

Median home value

$86,400$107,600

Median gross rent

$673$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Clarion
Under 5	6.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	14.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Clarion
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
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%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Clarion
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Clarion
Drove alone	84.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Clarion
1-unit, detached	84.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Clarion
Poverty rate	17.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.53	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1965	1962