Clearwater vs Palm Harbor

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

Clearwater and Palm Harbor 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 61,454 in Palm Harbor). Palm Harbor has the higher median household income ($75,354 vs $64,440 in Clearwater). Palm Harbor has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $326,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
Population	117,075	61,454
Median age	46.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$75,354
Median home value	$326,100	$359,600
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,733
Housing units	61,091	30,353
Homeownership rate	59.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	62,310 → 61,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$59,557 → $75,354 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$232,900 → $359,600 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,296 → $1,733 (+33.7%)

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

Palm Harbor

Population

62,31061,454

Median household income

$59,557$75,354

Median home value

$232,900$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.9%
75 and over	10.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	83.4%
Black or African American	10.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
Drove alone	64.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.9%	19.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
1-unit, detached	38.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	27.5%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Palm Harbor
Poverty rate	15.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1978	1985