Clarinda is a city of 5,353 people in Iowa. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $114,200. That trails the Iowa median by roughly 38%. The foreign-born share is 2%. Renters pay $660 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,348, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 5%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Clarinda
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$89,043 → $114,200(+28%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share0.2% → 3.3%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$52,314 → $46,348(−11%)US over the same years: +14%
Its weight in Page County
Clarinda's population equals 35% of Page County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 25% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.4%(63)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.1%(62)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33%(113)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.2%(35)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 342 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Clarinda, decade by decade
Clarinda population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,105
$52,314
$89,043
14.4%
4.5
2000
5,690
$65,345
$120,776
15.8%
20.6
2010
5,572
$50,723
$112,209
16.0%
29.2
2020
5,369
$58,552
$112,720
17.0%
34.4
2024
5,353
$46,348
$114,200
13.8%
35.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
