Clarion vs Goldfield

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

Clarion and Goldfield 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 616 in Goldfield). Clarion has the higher median household income ($58,702 vs $54,500 in Goldfield). Clarion has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $87,800 in Goldfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clarion	Goldfield
Population	2,775	616
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,702	$54,500
Median home value	$107,600	$87,800
Median gross rent	$764	$535
Housing units	1,508	320
Homeownership rate	66.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarion	Goldfield
Population	2,754 → 2,775 (+0.8%)	672 → 616 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$41,712 → $58,702 (+40.7%)	$51,607 → $54,500 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,600 (+24.5%)	$62,800 → $87,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $764 (+13.5%)	$583 → $535 (-8.2%)

Clarion

Population

2,7542,775

Median household income

$41,712$58,702

Median home value

$86,400$107,600

Median gross rent

$673$764

Goldfield

Population

672616

Median household income

$51,607$54,500

Median home value

$62,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$583$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarion	Goldfield
Under 5	8.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	23.5%
75 and over	9.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarion	Goldfield
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarion	Goldfield
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarion	Goldfield
Drove alone	83.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarion	Goldfield
1-unit, detached	75.8%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarion	Goldfield
Poverty rate	14.3%	13.1%
Average household size	1.99	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1962	1941