Clearwater vs East Lake

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

Clearwater and East Lake 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 33,019 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median household income ($93,862 vs $64,440 in Clearwater). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $326,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	East Lake
Population	117,075	33,019
Median age	46.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$93,862
Median home value	$326,100	$457,300
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,844
Housing units	61,091	14,932
Homeownership rate	59.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	East Lake
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)

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

East Lake

Population

32,16933,019

Median household income

$81,498$93,862

Median home value

$346,400$457,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	East Lake
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.4%
75 and over	10.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	East Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	80.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	East Lake
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	East Lake
Drove alone	64.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.9%	22.5%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	East Lake
1-unit, detached	38.8%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	27.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	East Lake
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1978	1990