Canby vs Clarkfield

A side-by-side comparison of Canby and Clarkfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canby has the higher population (1,563 vs 868 in Clarkfield). Canby has the higher median household income ($58,839 vs $57,232 in Clarkfield). Canby has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $86,400 in Clarkfield).

Population, income & housing

	Canby	Clarkfield
Population	1,563	868
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,839	$57,232
Median home value	$131,800	$86,400
Median gross rent	$600	$792
Housing units	805	422
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canby	Clarkfield
Population	1,605 → 1,563 (-2.6%)	903 → 868 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$49,280 → $58,839 (+19.4%)	$48,917 → $57,232 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $131,800 (+41.4%)	$58,400 → $86,400 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $600 (+31.0%)	$644 → $792 (+23.0%)

Canby

Population

1,6051,563

Median household income

$49,280$58,839

Median home value

$93,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$458$600

Clarkfield

Population

903868

Median household income

$48,917$57,232

Median home value

$58,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$644$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canby	Clarkfield
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.2%
75 and over	13.5%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canby	Clarkfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canby	Clarkfield
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canby	Clarkfield
Drove alone	77.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canby	Clarkfield
1-unit, detached	78.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canby	Clarkfield
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1964	1955