Clearlake vs Hidden Valley Lake

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

Clearlake and Hidden Valley Lake 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 5,896 in Hidden Valley Lake). Hidden Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($72,365 vs $41,580 in Clearlake). Hidden Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $204,500 in Clearlake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
Population	16,604	5,896
Median age	35.8 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,580	$72,365
Median home value	$204,500	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,162	$2,261
Housing units	7,394	2,549
Homeownership rate	58.4%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
Population	15,349 → 16,604 (+8.2%)	5,539 → 5,896 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$31,551 → $41,580 (+31.8%)	$70,406 → $72,365 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $204,500 (+85.1%)	$316,000 → $394,900 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,162 (+35.0%)	$1,608 → $2,261 (+40.6%)

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

Hidden Valley Lake

Population

5,5395,896

Median household income

$70,406$72,365

Median home value

$316,000$394,900

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.0%
75 and over	5.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	78.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
No high school diploma	20.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
Drove alone	68.0%	64.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	12.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	18.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	64.6%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clearlake	Hidden Valley Lake
Poverty rate	25.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1976	1992