About Clive

Clive is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 13,023 people and just one neighborhood, Clive is the 25th largest community in Iowa.

Clive is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.10% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clive is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Clive who work in management occupations (18.12%), sales jobs (14.81%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.61%).

Also of interest is that Clive has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Clive, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Clive is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.80 minutes getting to work every day.

Residents of Clive by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.2% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Clive may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small town, Clive doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Clive Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Clive. 56.77% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Clive in 2000 was $39,903, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,612 for a family of four. However, Clive contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Clive home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clive is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clive include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Danish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Clive is English. Some people also speak Spanish.