Clarion vs Rowan

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

Clarion and Rowan 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 209 in Rowan). Clarion has the higher median household income ($58,702 vs $57,500 in Rowan). Since 2019, Rowan's population has grown faster (+49.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Clarion	Rowan
Population	2,775	209
Median age	38.3 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,702	$57,500
Median home value	$107,600	—
Median gross rent	$764	—
Housing units	1,508	91
Homeownership rate	66.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarion	Rowan
Population	2,754 → 2,775 (+0.8%)	140 → 209 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$41,712 → $58,702 (+40.7%)	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,600 (+24.5%)	$39,400 → $28,600 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $764 (+13.5%)	$583 → $600 (+2.9%)

Clarion

Population

2,7542,775

Median household income

$41,712$58,702

Median home value

$86,400$107,600

Median gross rent

$673$764

Rowan

Population

140209

Median household income

$39,000$57,500

Median home value

$39,400$28,600

Median gross rent

$583$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarion	Rowan
Under 5	8.5%	13.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.1%
75 and over	9.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarion	Rowan
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarion	Rowan
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarion	Rowan
Drove alone	83.5%	94.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarion	Rowan
1-unit, detached	75.8%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarion	Rowan
Poverty rate	14.3%	23.4%
Average household size	1.99	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	12	40
Median year structure built	1962	1938