City · Barbour County, Alabama

Clio, Alabama

Clio is a city in Barbour County, Alabama, part of the Eufaula, AL-GA metro area. It has 1,422 residents. Clio, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,272 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #294 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), public libraries (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), math scores (low) and reading scores (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,272 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #294 of 319 in AL
Population: 1,422 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 141.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0115640

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,123/15,637
Economy1#15,421/15,631
Housing79#3,217/14,977
Health11#13,864/15,609
Healthcare3#15,255/15,650
Environment36#9,964/15,453
Education0#15,627/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,409/15,650
Community6#14,656/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,353/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clio, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Barbour County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Public libraries · high1.6 /10k
88/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBarbour County value
Public EV charging ports · high10.2 /10k
82/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBarbour County value
Comfortable days · high30.8%
82/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBarbour County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
81/100Alabama 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Alabama 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBarbour County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high49.3×
0/100Alabama 17.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBarbour County value
Math scores · low1.96
0/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBarbour County value
Reading scores · low2.20
0/100Alabama 2.83United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBarbour County value
Firearm deaths · high44.7 /100k
1/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBarbour County value
Homicide rate · high24.9 /100k
1/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateBarbour County value
Median household income · low$28,750
1/100Alabama $66,704United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,015 (2015-2019) → 1,422 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 48.8% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
46.8% (2015-2019) → 71.7% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
61.8% (2015-2019) → 46.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
37.0% (2015-2019) → 29.2% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$21,736 (2015-2019) → $28,750 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clio, Alabama improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+25 points46.8% → 71.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Clio, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.2 min2015-2019	33.2 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	46.8%2015-2019	71.7%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	61.8%2015-2019	46.6%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	66.5%2015-2019	64.0%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$21,7362015-2019	$28,7502020-2024	+32%	Within the margin of error	60%
Poverty rate	40.1%2015-2019	38.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	37.0%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	28.3%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clio, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clio, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clio, Alabama itself moved +8.2 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,422 residents (±356)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+6.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,422 residents (±356)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

White16%†227
Black52%†737
Hispanic or Latino32%†

Education

950 residents (±242)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

No high school diploma36%†342
High school or GED34%†325
Some college16%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

509 households (±118)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k42%†213
$25k–50k30%†152
$50k–75k19%†96
$75k–100k2.6%†13
$100k–150k5.3%†27
$150k–200k0.6%†3
$200k or more1.0%†5

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

509 households (±118)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Own54%†274
Rent46%†235

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

187 households (±86)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $75078%†146
$750–1,00012%†23
$1,000–1,5009.6%†18

Home values

274 homes (±101)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $150k85%†234
$150k–250k5.1%†14
$250k–400k7.7%†21

Age of homes

663 homes (±128)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

2010 or later3.2%†21
2000–200913%†89
1980–199940%†268

Size of homes

663 homes (±128)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom9.4%†62
2 bedrooms31%†203

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

417 workers (±137)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone73%†306
Carpool21%†89
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.0%†4
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.4%†6
Other2.9%†12

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

411 workers (±138)

Clio, Alabama
Alabama share

Under 15 min13%†55
15–29 min28%†116
30–44 min23%†94

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Eufaula, AL-GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Barbour County, the county holding most of Clio's residents.

Barbour County has 412 employer establishments, 167 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Alabama's), with 6,301 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,024. The Census Bureau also counts 1,543 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 412; 1,543 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 167; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 6,301
Average annual pay: $41,024; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Barbour County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	39	15.8	0.86×About typical	610	$18,072	8
Ambulatory health care services	26	10.5	0.51×Fewer than typical	185	$48,195	47
Religious organizations	23	9.3	1.68×More than typical	80	$22,825	—
Limited-service restaurants	22	8.9	1.11×About typical	460	$15,309	—
Truck transportation	20	8.1	1.60×More than typical	783	$62,229	46
Gasoline stations	17	6.9	2.12×More than typical	78	$21,167	—
Specialty trade contractors	17	6.9	0.44×Fewer than typical	54	$39,944	102
Full-service restaurants	12	4.9	0.63×Fewer than typical	110	$17,091	3
Lessors of real estate	12	4.9	0.39×Fewer than typical	24	$34,083	112
General merchandise stores	11	4.5	2.52×More than typical	280	$29,496	5
Insurance agencies and brokerages	11	4.5	1.01×About typical	32	$43,938	17
Clothing and accessories stores	10	4.1	1.12×About typical	40	$14,475	28

Rank places for an industry Open Barbour County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,681 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clio is mostly in Barbour County.

See federal money in Barbour County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clio, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Shomari FiguresD-AL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 94%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Barbour County4100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Eufaula, AL-GA4

Other cities and towns in Barbour County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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