Clarke County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,488 77.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,624 16.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 54 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 471 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20 0.2%

• Under 18 2,470 25.6%
• 18–24 871 9.0%
• 25–44 2,110 21.8%
• 45–64 2,287 23.7%
• 65 and over 1,924 19.9%

Median household income

$68,642

90% interval $60,620–$76,664

−$6,981 vs IA · 73rd of 99

Below poverty line

10.9%

90% interval 8.4%–13.4%

−0.3 pp vs IA · 52nd of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.36 pp vs. state

County GDP

$638.9M

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,224

Establishments

245

• Manufacturing 1,547 32.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 906 19.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 489 10.3%
• Education & health services 323 6.8%
• Natural resources & mining 274 5.7%
• Construction 115 2.4%
• Professional & business services 104 2.2%
• Financial activities 98 2.1%
• Other services 27 0.6%
• Public administration 9 0.2%
• Information 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 81.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.3%

+0.6 pp vs IA · 77th of 99

Median gross rent

$931

−$41 vs IA · 15th of 99

Owner-occupied

2,944

Renter-occupied

1,127

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,716/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,024/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 3,140 70.4%
• Democratic 1,265 28.4%
• Other / third-party 54 1.2%

• Spanish 688 7.7%
• German or other West Germanic 232 2.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

4,071

Family households

2,725

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

658

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

326

12.0% of families

Veterans

482

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,039 20.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,025 10.5%
• Catholic 895 9.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 209 2.1%

Health insured

95.1%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±2.1 pp

48th of 99

With a disability

17.2%

±2.4 pp

6th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±3.5 pp

−15.4 pp vs IA · 96th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.7%

90% interval 6.7%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

27 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)

Court seats

Adel, Bedford, Chariton, Corning, Corydon, Creston, Des Moines, Greenfield, Guthrie Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Leon, Mount Ayr, Newton, Osceola, Winterset

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

13.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1