City · Clinton County, Iowa

DeWitt, Iowa

DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, part of the Clinton, IA metro area. It has 5,546 residents. DeWitt, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,900 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #212 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), poverty rate (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), mental health care shortage (high) and primary care shortage (high).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #4,900 of 15,651 cities and towns
Iowa: #212 of 281 in IA
Population: 5,546 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 891.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1921180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety35#10,193/15,637
Economy72#4,344/15,631
Housing89#1,665/14,977
Health61#6,033/15,609
Healthcare55#7,022/15,650
Environment42#8,887/15,453
Education79#3,316/15,649
Infrastructure38#9,722/15,650
Community79#3,273/15,651
Leisure & amenities55#7,109/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where DeWitt, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clinton 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

Child poverty rate · low0.6%
97/100Iowa 13.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.8%
94/100Iowa 11.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
92/100Iowa 128 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesClinton County value
New homes permitted · high11.9 /1k
91/100Iowa 4.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
High school diploma or higher · high97.8%
89/100Iowa 93.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Drug overdose deaths · low8.2 /100k
88/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataClinton County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.6 /10k
9/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClinton County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Iowa 10.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationClinton County value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Iowa 7.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationClinton County value
New business applications · low9.0 /1k
15/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauClinton County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.65%
16/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · low-1.4%
20/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataClinton County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,203 (2015-2019) → 5,546 (2020-2024)
+6.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.5 /1k (2021) → 11.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+713%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$53,580 (2015-2019) → $92,587 (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
14.0% (2015-2019) → 0.6% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
14.5% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.4% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, DeWitt, Iowa improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved3

Household income+73%$53,580 → $92,587
Poverty−12 points14.5% → 2.8%
Broadband+6.6 points81.4% → 88.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of DeWitt, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.6 min2015-2019	24.0 min2020-2024	+5.4 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Broadband subscriptions	81.4%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	41%
Effective property tax rate	1.68%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	94.9%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4202020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$53,5802015-2019	$92,5872020-2024	+73%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	14.5%2015-2019	2.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	47.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“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 DeWitt, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of DeWitt, Iowa 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, DeWitt, Iowa itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

5,546 residents (±34)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

2,177 households (±219)

DeWitt, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k7.4%†160
$25k–50k14%†307
$50k–75k21%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,177 households (±219)

DeWitt, Iowa
Iowa share

Own79%1,728
Rent21%†449

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,641 workers (±277)

DeWitt, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone81%2,141
Carpool7.6%†202
Public transit0.0%0

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 Clinton, IA

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 Clinton County, the county holding most of DeWitt's residents.

Clinton County has 1,122 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Iowa's), with 16,170 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,049. The Census Bureau also counts 2,708 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,122; 2,708 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 16,170
Average annual pay: $49,049; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	80	17.4	0.83×About typical	571	$51,364	88
Restaurants and other eating places	79	17.1	0.93×About typical	1,089	$17,620	13
Specialty trade contractors	76	16.5	1.06×About typical	556	$64,739	185
Truck transportation	49	10.6	2.10×More than typical	455	$59,424	96
Religious organizations	42	9.1	1.64×More than typical	237	$21,430	—
Offices of other health practitioners	37	8	1.32×More than typical	180	$35,922	43
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	7.8	1.55×More than typical	159	$39,818	50
Construction of buildings	35	7.6	1.00×About typical	215	$42,135	98
Services to buildings and dwellings	35	7.6	1.13×About typical	141	$34,965	173
Limited-service restaurants	34	7.4	0.92×About typical	619	$17,922	4
Building equipment contractors	33	7.2	1.19×About typical	207	$61,937	27
Full-service restaurants	33	7.2	0.93×About typical	390	$18,323	—

Rank places for an industry Open Clinton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,109 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in DeWitt, Iowa: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2020
124.7FY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in DeWitt, Iowa, so they do not add up across cities.

DeWitt, Iowa's figures are part of those of Clinton County, IA ($3.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Clinton 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.

DeWitt, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mariannette Miller-MeeksR-IA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 3.9%

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.

Clinton County69100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Clinton, IA61

Other cities and towns in Clinton 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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