Clearlake vs Kelseyville

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

Clearlake and Kelseyville 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 4,204 in Kelseyville). Kelseyville has the higher median household income ($43,475 vs $41,580 in Clearlake). Kelseyville has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $204,500 in Clearlake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
Population	16,604	4,204
Median age	35.8 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,580	$43,475
Median home value	$204,500	$240,500
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,136
Housing units	7,394	1,539
Homeownership rate	58.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
Population	15,349 → 16,604 (+8.2%)	3,560 → 4,204 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$31,551 → $41,580 (+31.8%)	$42,418 → $43,475 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $204,500 (+85.1%)	$193,200 → $240,500 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,162 (+35.0%)	$1,099 → $1,136 (+3.4%)

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

Kelseyville

Population

3,5604,204

Median household income

$42,418$43,475

Median home value

$193,200$240,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
Under 5	5.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	4.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	27.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	68.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
No high school diploma	20.4%	26.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
Drove alone	68.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
1-unit, detached	64.6%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	19.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Clearlake	Kelseyville
Poverty rate	25.4%	22.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1976	1986