Clarion vs Rimersburg

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

Clarion and Rimersburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarion has the higher population (4,202 vs 1,079 in Rimersburg). Rimersburg has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $42,063 in Clarion). Clarion has the higher median home value ($155,300 vs $85,000 in Rimersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Clarion	Rimersburg
Population	4,202	1,079
Median age	23.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,063	$57,250
Median home value	$155,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	$840	$669
Housing units	1,945	416
Homeownership rate	41.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarion	Rimersburg
Population	5,580 → 4,202 (-24.7%)	899 → 1,079 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$27,823 → $42,063 (+51.2%)	$30,667 → $57,250 (+86.7%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $155,300 (+25.0%)	$91,000 → $85,000 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $840 (+29.4%)	$553 → $669 (+21.0%)

Clarion

Population

5,5804,202

Median household income

$27,823$42,063

Median home value

$124,200$155,300

Median gross rent

$649$840

Rimersburg

Population

8991,079

Median household income

$30,667$57,250

Median home value

$91,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$553$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarion	Rimersburg
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	34.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	5.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.4%
75 and over	5.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarion	Rimersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	7.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarion	Rimersburg
No high school diploma	5.3%	17.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarion	Rimersburg
Drove alone	66.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarion	Rimersburg
1-unit, detached	47.6%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarion	Rimersburg
Poverty rate	23.9%	18.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1962	1944