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Clear Lake, IA Urban Area

8,293 Population
8.6 square miles 962.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,435 ±$11,738 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,757 ±$6,755 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.2% (597  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±1.9 (71,110  ±10,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,912 ±220 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (8,211  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11% ±7.4% (165  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,249 ±239 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$265,200 ±$29,727 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.4% (806  ±276.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±6.4% (6,211  ±492.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32% ±3.9% (2,038  ±263) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±0.9% (131  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2% (461  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
461 Total veterans ±137 389 Male ±99 72 Female ±57

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