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Clarion city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Clarion city is a Census city of 2,770 people across 3.36 square miles of land, in Wright County. Median household income is $64,625, 70.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $135,000.
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Clarion
What Clarion is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.36 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land825
- County holding the largest share of its areaWright County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Clarion
- Population2,770
- Median age41.2 plus or minus 10.6
- Population under 18534 plus or minus 116
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over539 plus or minus 115
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,319
- Family households753
- Share of households that are families57.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarion
Income and work in Clarion
- Median household income$64,625
- Per capita income$44,462
- Civilian labor force1,523
- Employed1,488
- Unemployed35 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over1,966
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Clarion
- Housing units1,512
- Occupied units1,319
- Vacant units193 plus or minus 101
- Vacancy rate12.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied923
- Renter occupied396 plus or minus 104
- Ownership rate70.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$763
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.2 percent
- Single family units1,186
- Share single family78.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more290 plus or minus 107
- Share in buildings of two or more19.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes36 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Clarion gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,402
- Commuting under 15 minutes862 plus or minus 200
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.5 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more169 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Drove alone83.8 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarion
SBA loans in Clarion (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$135,000
- Average approval$135,000
- Median approval$135,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$135,000
- Largest approval$135,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Clarion (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$679,000
- Average approval$339,500
- Median approval$535,000
- Largest approval$535,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wright County, not Clarion
Wright County context, not Clarion figures
These are Wright County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clarion measurements.
- Establishments in Wright County358
- Employment at those establishments, Wright County4,315
- Covered employment, Wright County6,237
- Average annual pay, Wright County$58,576
- Average weekly wage, Wright County$1,126
- Housing units permitted, Wright County18
- Of those, single family, Wright County4
- County product, 2024, Wright County$1,246,622,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wright County19.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wright County$46,275
Every figure in this section is published for Wright County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clarion. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Clarion questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clarion, Iowa?
2,770, in 1,319 households. Clarion city covers 3.36 square miles of land, which is 825 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clarion in?
Wright County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Clarion?
$64,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,200. Median gross rent is $763 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clarion businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $135,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $135,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $679,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clarion, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clarion borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clarion. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Clarion figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wright County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Clarion.
Is zoning published for Clarion?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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