Clearwater vs Largo

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

Clearwater and Largo 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 82,506 in Largo). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($64,440 vs $60,465 in Largo). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($326,100 vs $208,500 in Largo).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Largo
Population	117,075	82,506
Median age	46.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$60,465
Median home value	$326,100	$208,500
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,482
Housing units	61,091	46,478
Homeownership rate	59.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Largo
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	84,130 → 82,506 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$44,323 → $60,465 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$124,700 → $208,500 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,076 → $1,482 (+37.7%)

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

Largo

Population

84,13082,506

Median household income

$44,323$60,465

Median home value

$124,700$208,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Largo
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	10.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	69.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Largo
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Largo
Drove alone	64.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.1%
Public transit	2.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.9%	11.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Largo
1-unit, detached	38.8%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	27.5%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Largo
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1978	1978