Clearlake vs Lakeport

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

Clearlake and Lakeport 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 5,085 in Lakeport). Lakeport has the higher median household income ($59,294 vs $41,580 in Clearlake). Lakeport has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $204,500 in Clearlake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearlake	Lakeport
Population	16,604	5,085
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,580	$59,294
Median home value	$204,500	$327,600
Median gross rent	$1,162	$976
Housing units	7,394	2,427
Homeownership rate	58.4%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearlake	Lakeport
Population	15,349 → 16,604 (+8.2%)	4,910 → 5,085 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$31,551 → $41,580 (+31.8%)	$58,967 → $59,294 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $204,500 (+85.1%)	$256,300 → $327,600 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,162 (+35.0%)	$800 → $976 (+22.0%)

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

Lakeport

Population

4,9105,085

Median household income

$58,967$59,294

Median home value

$256,300$327,600

Median gross rent

$800$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearlake	Lakeport
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	5.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearlake	Lakeport
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	74.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	5.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearlake	Lakeport
No high school diploma	20.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearlake	Lakeport
Drove alone	68.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.1%
Public transit	2.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	26.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearlake	Lakeport
1-unit, detached	64.6%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Clearlake	Lakeport
Poverty rate	25.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1976	1974