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Camanche gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $209K, 3.1 years of the Clinton area’s $67K median household income. It grades B overall, 75th of 140 graded towns in Iowa. On civic life, just 17 of Iowa’s 271 towns do worse. Horace Anthony House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 15% of working residents work locally in Camanche, against 31% in Iowa’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns.
Where Camanche beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Iowa), ordered by how far Camanche is from typical.
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Its founding year, 1818, comes before those of 99% of the Iowa towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 840 in 1870, 4,570 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 3 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Camanche, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Camanche.
Camanche is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Iowa; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
January nights average 13.5°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 82% of Iowa places with climate records; July afternoons average 84.1°.
Camanche has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The January low in Camanche is 14°F. About 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Camanche | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 14°F | 12°F | 22°F |
| July high | 84°F | 84°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its public schools are run by the Camanche Community School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Camanche High School, with 309 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camanche ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 358 | B− |
| Camanche High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 309 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IA on state tests and graduation
Camanche’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Clinton (34%), Davenport (9%) and DeWitt (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.
| Camanche | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 19 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
61 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Camanche.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Typical home values rose 6.6% in the year to September 2026.
| Camanche | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $812 a month | $913 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 70% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 9,758 U.S. towns with household incomes like Camanche’s, it is healthier than 80%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Camanche beats the Iowa average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 20% of Camanche adults binge drink.
| Camanche | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 32% | 36% |
| What stands out | Camanche | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 86.4% | 84.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Camanche | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 3.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge | — | 141 |
| 2. Platt Park | — | 14 |
| 3. City Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Camanche; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Camanche residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
City in Iowa, United States
Camanche () is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, on the Mississippi River. The population was 4,570 at the time of the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Camanche.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Camanche grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #75 of 140 in Iowa. It grades B for health, B for safety and C+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
