Clearwater vs Dunedin

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Dunedin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearwater has the higher population (117,075 vs 36,060 in Dunedin). Dunedin has the higher median household income ($68,068 vs $64,440 in Clearwater). Dunedin has the higher median home value ($341,700 vs $326,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Dunedin
Population	117,075	36,060
Median age	46.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$68,068
Median home value	$326,100	$341,700
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,523
Housing units	61,091	21,411
Homeownership rate	59.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Dunedin
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	36,381 → 36,060 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$50,356 → $68,068 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$198,700 → $341,700 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,087 → $1,523 (+40.1%)

Clearwater

Population

115,159117,075

Median household income

$48,691$64,440

Median home value

$206,300$326,100

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,539

Dunedin

Population

36,38136,060

Median household income

$50,356$68,068

Median home value

$198,700$341,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Dunedin
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	8.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	20.9%
75 and over	10.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Dunedin
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Dunedin
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Dunedin
Drove alone	64.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.2%
Public transit	2.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.9%	23.1%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Dunedin
1-unit, detached	38.8%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	27.5%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Dunedin
Poverty rate	15.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1978	1976