Clear Lake vs Helmer

A side-by-side comparison of Clear Lake and Helmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Clear Lake and Helmer are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clear Lake has the higher population (409 vs 19 in Helmer). Since 2019, Clear Lake's population has grown faster (+2.8% vs -42.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Helmer
Population	409	19
Median age	66.2 yrs	—
Median household income	$101,563	—
Median home value	$741,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	609	12
Homeownership rate	85.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Helmer
Population	398 → 409 (+2.8%)	33 → 19 (-42.4%)
Median household income	$80,313 → $101,563 (+26.5%)	—
Median home value	$650,500 → $741,500 (+14.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,188 (+48.5%)	—

Clear Lake

Population

398409

Median household income

$80,313$101,563

Median home value

$650,500$741,500

Median gross rent

$800$1,188

Helmer

Population

3319

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Helmer
Under 5	2.4%	36.8%
5 to 17	2.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	63.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	33.7%	0.0%
75 and over	17.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Helmer
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Helmer
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Helmer
Drove alone	84.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.0%
Other means	7.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Helmer
1-unit, detached	95.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Helmer
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.90	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1974	—