Clearlake Oaks vs Upper Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Clearlake Oaks and Upper Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearlake Oaks and Upper Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clearlake Oaks has the higher population (2,174 vs 1,204 in Upper Lake). Upper Lake has the higher median household income ($104,936 vs $38,669 in Clearlake Oaks). Upper Lake has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $206,000 in Clearlake Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
Population	2,174	1,204
Median age	57.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,669	$104,936
Median home value	$206,000	$344,000
Median gross rent	$1,352	—
Housing units	1,612	473
Homeownership rate	66.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
Population	2,265 → 2,174 (-4.0%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$45,950 → $38,669 (-15.8%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $206,000 (+67.5%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,352 (+35.9%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

Clearlake Oaks

Population

2,2652,174

Median household income

$45,950$38,669

Median home value

$123,000$206,000

Median gross rent

$995$1,352

Upper Lake

Population

8961,204

Median household income

$47,375$104,936

Median home value

$234,200$344,000

Median gross rent

$708$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	7.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	25.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	21.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	21.4%	7.1%
75 and over	14.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	71.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	7.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
Drove alone	41.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	11.7%	0.0%
Walked	28.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	72.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Clearlake Oaks	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	24.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1977	1971