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." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

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.

For most residents of Clive, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.2% of people in Clive drive alone to work on most days, making Clive a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Clive's landscape.

Being a small town, Clive does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Clive Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Clive, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Clive is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.77% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 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.