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Clear Lake, IA Urban Area

8,156 Population
8.6 square miles 945.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$56,271 ±$12,540 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$71,601 ±$6,862 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.5% ±2% (523  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.4 minutes ±1.8 (68,815  ±9,739) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,793 ±219 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (8,072  ±240) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

10.8% ±6.9% (159  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,363 ±241 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$239,000 ±$31,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.4% ±2.9% (830  ±234.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

97% ±6% (5,928  ±477.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
30.7% ±4.1% (1,876  ±269.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2% ±1.2% (162  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.4% ±2% (424  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
424 Total veterans ±133 351 Male ±88 73 Female ±72

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