City · Clayton County, Iowa

Strawberry Point, Iowa

Strawberry Point is a city in Clayton County, Iowa. It has 1,267 residents. Strawberry Point, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 73 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,275 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #192 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), public libraries (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and primary care physicians (low).

73High

Quality-of-life score: #4,275 of 15,651 cities and towns
Iowa: #192 of 281 in IA
Population: 1,267 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 606.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1975855

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety92#1,224/15,637
Economy34#10,277/15,631
Housing90#1,488/14,977
Health57#6,718/15,609
Healthcare25#11,788/15,650
Environment76#3,746/15,453
Education70#4,675/15,649
Infrastructure33#10,457/15,650
Community83#2,627/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,414/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low192 /100k
99/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationClayton County value
Public libraries · high5.3 /10k
99/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClayton County value
Social associations · high19.5 /10k
98/100Iowa 14.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Mammography screening · high58.0%
97/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Restaurants and bars · high16.0 /10k
96/100Iowa 9.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
96/100Iowa 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low24 /100k
1/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value
Primary care physicians · low24 /100k
7/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataClayton County value
Flu vaccinations · low33.0%
13/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Broadband subscriptions · low84.4%
16/100Iowa 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,462 (2015-2019) → 1,267 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
2.6% (2015-2019) → 17.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.9% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
24.8% (2015-2019) → 19.4% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,818 (2015-2019) → $57,778 (2020-2024)
+23%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, Strawberry Point, Iowa improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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

Bachelor's++9.4 points10.9% → 20.3%

Declined1

Uninsured+15 points2.6% → 17.2%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Strawberry Point, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	19.9 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.71%2015-2019	1.41%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	86%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3542015-2019	0.3902020-2024	+0.036	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$46,8182015-2019	$57,7782020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	7.3%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	41.4%2015-2019	37.8%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.6%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	1%

“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 Strawberry Point, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Strawberry Point, 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, Strawberry Point, Iowa itself moved +3.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,267 residents (±266)

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

590 households (±107)

Strawberry Point, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k15%†90
$25k–50k23%†136
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

590 households (±107)

Strawberry Point, Iowa
Iowa share

Own67%397
Rent33%†193

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

538 workers (±112)

Strawberry Point, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone70%376
Carpool8.7%†47
Public transit0.0%0

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 Clayton County, the county holding most of Strawberry Point's residents.

Clayton County has 487 employer establishments, 286 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Iowa's), with 4,999 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,061. The Census Bureau also counts 1,544 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 487; 1,544 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 286; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 4,999
Average annual pay: $50,061; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	42	24.7	1.34×More than typical	268	$11,754	12
Specialty trade contractors	36	21.2	1.37×More than typical	438	$96,696	197
Truck transportation	34	20	3.95×More than typical	145	$58,297	50
Full-service restaurants	29	17.1	2.22×More than typical	171	$12,035	—
Religious organizations	25	14.7	2.65×More than typical	82	$15,866	—
Ambulatory health care services	15	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	88	$47,227	68
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	8.8	2.01×More than typical	30	$43,067	23
Banks and credit unions	13	7.6	2.37×More than typical	125	$57,784	—
Building equipment contractors	12	7.1	1.17×About typical	33	$46,394	32
Gasoline stations	12	7.1	2.18×More than typical	177	$23,853	3
Construction of buildings	11	6.5	0.86×About typical	29	$51,483	110
Other specialty trade contractors	10	5.9	2.34×More than typical	257	$114,393	71

Rank places for an industry Open Clayton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,008 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 Strawberry Point, Iowa: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
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

5.8KFY2017
7.8KFY2018
17.2KFY2019
17.4KFY2020
20KFY2021
23.8KFY2022
17.2KFY2023
16.8KFY2024
10.1KFY2025

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 Strawberry Point, Iowa, so they do not add up across cities.

Strawberry Point, Iowa's figures are part of those of Clayton County, IA ($5.7M 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: Strawberry Point is mostly in Clayton County.

See federal money in Clayton 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.

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

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

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.

Clayton County76100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Clayton 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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