Clara City vs Montevideo

A side-by-side comparison of Clara City and Montevideo: population, income, housing, and more.

Clara City and Montevideo are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montevideo has the higher population (5,303 vs 1,497 in Clara City). Montevideo has the higher median household income ($65,724 vs $58,431 in Clara City). Montevideo has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $116,500 in Clara City).

Population, income & housing

	Clara City	Montevideo
Population	1,497	5,303
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,431	$65,724
Median home value	$116,500	$137,600
Median gross rent	$1,063	$832
Housing units	677	2,478
Homeownership rate	66.1%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clara City	Montevideo
Population	1,402 → 1,497 (+6.8%)	5,108 → 5,303 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $58,431 (+7.6%)	$46,781 → $65,724 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $116,500 (-0.9%)	$87,700 → $137,600 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $1,063 (+55.2%)	$607 → $832 (+37.1%)

Clara City

Population

1,4021,497

Median household income

$54,286$58,431

Median home value

$117,500$116,500

Median gross rent

$685$1,063

Montevideo

Population

5,1085,303

Median household income

$46,781$65,724

Median home value

$87,700$137,600

Median gross rent

$607$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clara City	Montevideo
Under 5	7.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clara City	Montevideo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clara City	Montevideo
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clara City	Montevideo
Drove alone	78.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clara City	Montevideo
1-unit, detached	89.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Clara City	Montevideo
Poverty rate	9.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1953	1958