Clare vs Farwell

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

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

Clare has the higher population (3,341 vs 1,086 in Farwell). Clare has the higher median household income ($43,105 vs $40,667 in Farwell). Clare has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $95,800 in Farwell).

Population, income & housing

	Clare	Farwell
Population	3,341	1,086
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,105	$40,667
Median home value	$124,800	$95,800
Median gross rent	$792	$496
Housing units	1,665	451
Homeownership rate	56.2%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clare	Farwell
Population	3,042 → 3,341 (+9.8%)	980 → 1,086 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$42,298 → $43,105 (+1.9%)	$37,639 → $40,667 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $124,800 (+10.7%)	$74,700 → $95,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $792 (+24.9%)	$620 → $496 (-20.0%)

Clare

Population

3,0423,341

Median household income

$42,298$43,105

Median home value

$112,700$124,800

Median gross rent

$634$792

Farwell

Population

9801,086

Median household income

$37,639$40,667

Median home value

$74,700$95,800

Median gross rent

$620$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clare	Farwell
Under 5	4.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.5%
75 and over	10.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clare	Farwell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clare	Farwell
No high school diploma	9.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clare	Farwell
Drove alone	69.8%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clare	Farwell
1-unit, detached	59.3%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Clare	Farwell
Poverty rate	19.1%	26.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1974