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Clear Lake, IA

7,603 Population
10.8 square miles 705.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$55,365 ±$13,541 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $40,034 ±$2,293
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$70,278 ±$9,097 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $66,394 ±$2,130
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.3% ±2.1% (551  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 9.1% † 4,450 (±1.2% / ±581)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19 minutes ±2.1 (63,270  ±9,790) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 16.8 393,025 (±0.6 / ±18,745)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,422 ±211 Number of households
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 22,616 ±383
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.1 (7,407  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.2 49,025 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9.9% ±7.1% (143  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 9.4% † 917 (±2.8% / ±268)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

4,499 ±231 Number of housing units
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 26,217 ±48
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$235,100 ±$35,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $152,100 ±$6,951
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.6% ±3.3% (788  ±243.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 11.5% † 5,700 (±1.4% / ±683)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.5% ±7.5% (5,463  ±495.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 94.4% 33,996 (±3% / ±1,086.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
29.7% ±4.6% (1,679  ±269.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 23.6% 8,510 (±1.5% / ±551.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.3% (164  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 1.9% 960
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.9% ±2.1% (367  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 7.7% 3,068 (±0.8% / ±302)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
367 Total veterans ±134 294 Male ±88 73 Female ±72

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