Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety50#464/924
Economy50#462/925
Housing56#406/925
Health61#363/925
Healthcare68#300/923
Environment32#623/917
Education59#380/925
Infrastructure44#515/925
Community85#141/925
Leisure & amenities62#353/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clinton, IA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drug overdose deaths · low8.2 /100k
92/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high52.0%
90/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.4×
90/100Iowa 2.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
89/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · low10.8%
85/100Iowa 11.4%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low23.2%
83/100Iowa 22.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.6 /10k
5/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.34%
15/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low9.0 /1k
20/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-1.4%
24/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Primary care physicians · low45 /100k
25/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high17.3%
29/100Iowa 16.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
61.8% (2010 & 2021) → 76.9% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
21.5 /100k (2021) → 8.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Firearm deathsWorsening
8.6 /100k (2021) → 13.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+62%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Traffic deathsWorsening
8.5 /100k (2015-2019) → 13.0 /100k (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.1% (2015-2019) → 87.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
6.1 /1k (2020) → 9.0 /1k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Clinton, IA micropolitan area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Suicides−47%32.3 /100k → 17.0 /100k
Firearm deaths−46%25.8 /100k → 13.9 /100k
Overdose deaths−62%21.5 /100k → 8.2 /100k
Bachelor's++4.5 points17.9% → 22.4%
Property crime−46%2,670 /100k → 1,443 /100k

Declined6

Restaurants−24%14.0 /10k → 10.7 /10k
Grocery stores−33%1.9 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Traffic deaths+52%8.5 /100k → 13.0 /100k
Uninsured+1.8 points4.5% → 6.3%
Gyms−33%1.3 /10k → 0.9 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Clinton, IA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.5 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+0.9%	Little change	31%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Declined	13%
Average weekly wage	$8712020	$1,0592025	+22%	Improved	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	77.1%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	16.4%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Distance to an airport	71 mi2020	71 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	21.5 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−62%	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.53%2015-2019	1.34%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Firearm deaths	25.8 /100k2020	13.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−46%	Improved	98%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−33%	Declined	2%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−33%	Declined	10%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	88%
Homicide rate	4.8 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Improved	58%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,0702019	$66,1142024	+29%	Improved	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4262015-2019	0.4452020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$51,6882015-2019	$66,9812020-2024	+30%	Improved	64%
New business applications	6.1 /1k2020	9.0 /1k2025	+47%	Improved	51%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+0.9%	Little change	75%
Poverty rate	13.1%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Property crime rate	2,670 /100k2020	1,443 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	79%
Public libraries	1.5 /10k2019	1.5 /10k2024	+1.2%	Little change	72%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	49.3%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Restaurants and bars	14.0 /10k2020	10.7 /10k2025	−24%	Declined	2%
Suicide rate	32.3 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Improved	99%
Traffic deaths	8.5 /100k2015-2019	13.0 /100k2020-2024	+52%	Declined	6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	4.5%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.5%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	10%
Violent crime rate	287 /100k2020	263 /100k2025	−8.3%	Improved	38%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Clinton, IA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clinton, IA micropolitan area 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, Clinton, IA micropolitan area itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

46,268 residents

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

19,506 households (±357)

Clinton, IA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k16%3,155
$25k–50k20%3,978
$50k–75k19%3,671

Homes

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

Owners and renters

19,506 households (±357)

Clinton, IA micropolitan area
United States share

Own75%14,541
Rent25%4,965

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

21,346 workers (±602)

Clinton, IA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%17,525
Carpool6.0%1,285
Public transit0.4%†77

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 no occupation wages for Clinton, IA micropolitan area.

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.

Clinton, IA has 1,122 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248), 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
Paid employees: 16,170
Average annual pay: $49,049; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clinton, IA 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

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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.9M on contracts performed in Clinton, IA micropolitan area: $84.29 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.9M; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $84.29; US $1,994
Sole-source: 55%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3.9M99.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$10.1K0.3%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4,3390.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

120.7KFY2017
10.9MFY2018
3MFY2019
2.9MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
4MFY2022
1.5MFY2023
1.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$3.9M99.6%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$4,3390.1%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$3,8750.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$3,6800.1%
Spring and wire product manufacturing · 3326$2,0720.1%
Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$1,8750.0%

Largest awards

FY24 B2 NAPHCARE OUTSIDE MEDICAL CARE AUG 24$575K
NAPHCARE LLC· Clinton County, IA· Health & medical· May 24, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· 15B41924F00000152
FY26 B2 NAPHCARE OUTSIDE MEDICAL CARE JAN26$570.5K
NAPHCARE LLC· Clinton County, IA· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· 15B41926F00000035
FY25 B2 NAPHCARE OUTSIDE MEDICAL CARE MAY 25$546.5K
NAPHCARE LLC· Clinton County, IA· Health & medical· May 13, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· 15B41925F00000085
FY26 B2 NAPHCARE OUTSIDE MEDICAL CARE DEC 25$485.4K

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $333.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Clinton, IA micropolitan area: $7,241 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $333.1M; −8.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,241; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$207.5M62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$26.4M7.9%

Counties in Clinton, IA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Clinton CountyCentral county6946,002

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ClintonPrincipal city24,322

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Iowa

Areas based in Iowa, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Clinton, IA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Counties in Clinton, IA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Iowa

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates