City safety & data profile

ClintonIA

Clinton, IA is a 26K-resident city in Clinton County with a median household income of $60,230.

Clinton County, Iowa. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Clinton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Clinton has a population larger than 57% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $118,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

26K
Population (place)
Top 43%
By size
$60,230
Median income (place)
$118,200
Median home (place)
18.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Clinton

Clinton posts a median household income higher than 22% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Clinton area.

Bottom 23%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Clinton

Where Clinton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$60,230 Bottom 22% higher than 22% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Clinton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IA

Population among 40 IA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Des Moines is the largest IA city on this list; Clive leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IA

Median household income among the same 40-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Clive posts the highest place-level median income in IA; Des Moines is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Clinton, IA beyond the headline numbers

Clinton sits inside Clinton County, Iowa, at roughly 41.84°N, -90.19°W. Population 26,064, $60,230 median household income. Median home value $118,200, median rent $791. Poverty rate 18.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Clinton, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.5% of Clinton, IA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Clinton runs about 2.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.4% of Clinton workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.7% in Clinton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 44 years, Clinton's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Clinton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
26,064
Clinton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,230
-33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$118,200
-71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Clinton County): Clinton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
46K-5%
Median Income
$66,981+35%
Median Home Value
$160,600+46%
Poverty Rate
13.2%-6%
Unemployment
3.4%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Clinton, IA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$791/mo
Poverty Rate
18.5% +49% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.8%
Work From Home 5.4%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 86.3%
African American 5.3%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
40.5%
High Blood Pressure
39.1%
Short Sleep Duration
34.3%
Physical Inactivity
29.6%
Binge Drinking
19.7%
Current Smoking
18.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Diabetes
13.3%
Current Asthma
10.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.9%
Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.1%
Stroke
4.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MERCYONE CLINTON MEDICAL CENTER
CLINTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Clinton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Clinton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IA-CLINTON-IA · Clinton

Clinton: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Clinton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Clinton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Clinton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Iowa state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Clinton, IA? ▼
Clinton, IA has a population of 26,064 people, located in Clinton County, Iowa.
What is the median household income in Clinton? ▼
The median household income in Clinton, IA is $60,230 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.5%.
What is the median home value in Clinton? ▼
The median home value in Clinton, IA is $118,200. Median rent is $791/month.
What are the top health concerns in Clinton? ▼
The top health indicators in Clinton include Obesity (40.5%), High Blood Pressure (39.1%), Short Sleep Duration (34.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Clinton? ▼
Clinton has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Clinton? ▼
The median age in Clinton, IA is 44 years. 20.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Clinton, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IA (18.5% here).

South Valley, NM 18.5% Norristown, PA 18.5% Jacksonville, IL 18.5% Sunnyside, WA 18.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IA ($60,230 here).

London, OH $60,231 Stuart, FL $60,225 Selma, CA $60,241 Madison Heights, VA $60,215

Compare Clinton with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

East Moline, IL 21K Bettendorf, IA 36K Moline, IL 43K Sterling, IL 15K Davenport, IA 103K Rock Island, IL 39K Kewanee, IL 13K Dixon, IL 15K
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Using Clinton's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Clinton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Clinton against Iowa peers on any ranking lens. Explore Iowa

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Clinton County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.