Clearlake vs Clearlake Riviera

A side-by-side comparison of Clearlake and Clearlake Riviera: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearlake has the higher population (16,604 vs 4,287 in Clearlake Riviera). Clearlake Riviera has the higher median household income ($94,167 vs $41,580 in Clearlake). Clearlake Riviera has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $204,500 in Clearlake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
Population	16,604	4,287
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,580	$94,167
Median home value	$204,500	$313,600
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,779
Housing units	7,394	1,774
Homeownership rate	58.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
Population	15,349 → 16,604 (+8.2%)	3,930 → 4,287 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$31,551 → $41,580 (+31.8%)	$79,122 → $94,167 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $204,500 (+85.1%)	$223,300 → $313,600 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,162 (+35.0%)	$1,695 → $1,779 (+5.0%)

Clearlake

Population

15,34916,604

Median household income

$31,551$41,580

Median home value

$110,500$204,500

Median gross rent

$861$1,162

Clearlake Riviera

Population

3,9304,287

Median household income

$79,122$94,167

Median home value

$223,300$313,600

Median gross rent

$1,695$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
Under 5	5.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	5.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	59.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	33.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
No high school diploma	20.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
Drove alone	68.0%	65.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	15.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	19.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
1-unit, detached	64.6%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearlake	Clearlake Riviera
Poverty rate	25.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1976	1988