Clara City, Chippewa County

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	1393
Median Age	48.4
Male Population	499
Female Population	613
Ethnicity: White	1367
Ethnicity: Black or African American	2
Ethnicity: Asian	2
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	15
Total households	591

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	51.9%
Percent Unemployed[4]	3.4%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	525 (89.3%)
Drove alone	479 (81.5%)
Carpooled	46 (7.8%)
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0
Walked	40 (6.8%)
Bicycle	2 (0.3%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0
Worked at home	21 (3.6%)
Worked in county of residence	408 (70.4%)
Worked outside county of residence	171 (29.5%)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	15.3 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing units	629
Occupied Housing Units	591 (94%)
Vacant Housing Units	38 (6%)
For Rent	15 (39.5%)
Rented, not occupied	2 (5.25%)
For sale only	6 (15.8%)
Sold, not occupied	2 (5.25%)
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2 (5.3%)
All other vacants	11 (28.9%)
Homeowner vacancy rate	1.2
Rental vacancy rate	11.5

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	217 (21.3%)
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	106 (10.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	354 (34.7%)
Some college, no degree	202 (19.8%)
Associate’s degree	54 (5.3%)
Bachelor’s degree	70 (6.9%)
Graduate or professional degree	17 (1.7%)
High school graduate or higher	68.3%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	8.5%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	753
Total estimated value	1,090,400
Estimated value per acre	1,448

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
1,195	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,223
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
1,223	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,223

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	73	0	20	47	196	106	782	1,223
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,223

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[10]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	987,120	6,881
Farm Non Homestead	300,071	3,422
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	25,446,796	257,296
Residential Non Homestead	1,370,667	17,130
Apartments	474,891	6,013
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	4,216,916	105,290
Industrial	922,518	29,652
Utilities	343,080	10,925
Railroads	102,084	3,299
Other	0	0
Personal	1,123,857	31,847
Total	35,288,000	471,755

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over