Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.72 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Clarinda does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Clarinda are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.16% of adults in Clarinda have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Clarinda in 2022 was $26,662, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,648 for a family of four. However, Clarinda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Clarinda is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clarinda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarinda residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clarinda include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Clarinda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.
