Clive, Iowa
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 6.3% since 2020.
19,861
people, the 28th-largest of Iowa's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Iowa's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
95.2%
of 12,913 jobs located in Clive are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 56% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,073
a month. Iowa's median is $972.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $925 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Polk County.
- $736 Tract 102.07
- $1,661 Tract 102.15
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,096–$1,645
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,073 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
66% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 933 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 66% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–1.8% to the 7,363 homes here.
20–129
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 93% more than Iowa's.
$401,100
median home value in Clive.
- $401,100 Clive
- $208,000 Iowa
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year