The population of Clare county is estimated at 30,406. In 2017 there were 307 births and 376 deaths in Clare county. Clare county has 6,033 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,209 that are owned free and clear and 2,724 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Clare County filed 12,970 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Michigan filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Clare had a combined total federal tax liability of $69,278,000 on earned income of $518,990,000. Other notable statistics from Clare County were 910 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,514,000 and 1,300 charitable contributions valued at $5,108,000. 1,590 filings from Clare County paid a combined total of $4,173,000 in property taxes and 1,280 filings paid $6,446,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Clare county had 48 religious congregations with an estimated 11,961 members.
12.1% of the Clare population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Clare County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 107 votes.
At $36,661 the median income is 66.9% of the Michigan average. An estimated 853 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Clare, the equivalant of around 7.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Clare County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,106	Health care and social assistance
1,027	Retail trade
812	Accommodation and food services
811	Manufacturing
685	Food services and drinking places
307	Food and beverage stores
287	Nursing and residential care facilities
264	Limited-service restaurants
263	Grocery stores
252	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
236	Transportation and warehousing
175	Depository credit intermediation
172	Full-service restaurants
162	Gasoline stations
159	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.54% in Clare County.

In 2018 6.20% of listings in Clare County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 48625 and 48632) dropped their price.

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