Clarion vs Dows

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

Clarion and Dows 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 544 in Dows). Dows has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $58,702 in Clarion). Clarion has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $56,200 in Dows).

Population, income & housing

	Clarion	Dows
Population	2,775	544
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,702	$58,750
Median home value	$107,600	$56,200
Median gross rent	$764	$658
Housing units	1,508	235
Homeownership rate	66.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarion	Dows
Population	2,754 → 2,775 (+0.8%)	580 → 544 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$41,712 → $58,702 (+40.7%)	$41,484 → $58,750 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,600 (+24.5%)	$47,600 → $56,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $764 (+13.5%)	$548 → $658 (+20.1%)

Clarion

Population

2,7542,775

Median household income

$41,712$58,702

Median home value

$86,400$107,600

Median gross rent

$673$764

Dows

Population

580544

Median household income

$41,484$58,750

Median home value

$47,600$56,200

Median gross rent

$548$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarion	Dows
Under 5	8.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	25.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	14.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.3%
75 and over	9.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarion	Dows
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	3.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarion	Dows
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarion	Dows
Drove alone	83.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarion	Dows
1-unit, detached	75.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarion	Dows
Poverty rate	14.3%	7.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	12	29
Median year structure built	1962	1938