Clewiston vs Port LaBelle

A side-by-side comparison of Clewiston and Port LaBelle: population, income, housing, and more.

Clewiston and Port LaBelle are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clewiston has the higher population (7,257 vs 6,856 in Port LaBelle). Clewiston has the higher median household income ($57,110 vs $53,648 in Port LaBelle). Port LaBelle has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $210,000 in Clewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
Population	7,257	6,856
Median age	35.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,110	$53,648
Median home value	$210,000	$214,600
Median gross rent	$729	$1,017
Housing units	2,957	2,638
Homeownership rate	61.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
Population	7,781 → 7,257 (-6.7%)	5,348 → 6,856 (+28.2%)
Median household income	$41,759 → $57,110 (+36.8%)	$36,853 → $53,648 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $210,000 (+86.5%)	$106,600 → $214,600 (+101.3%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $729 (-3.1%)	$918 → $1,017 (+10.8%)

Clewiston

Population

7,7817,257

Median household income

$41,759$57,110

Median home value

$112,600$210,000

Median gross rent

$752$729

Port LaBelle

Population

5,3486,856

Median household income

$36,853$53,648

Median home value

$106,600$214,600

Median gross rent

$918$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
Under 5	8.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.1%
75 and over	6.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	35.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.6%	62.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
No high school diploma	28.5%	27.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
Drove alone	67.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	14.5%	14.4%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.2%
Other means	4.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
1-unit, detached	57.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Clewiston	Port LaBelle
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1982	2000