Clear Lake vs Meservey

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

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

Clear Lake has the higher population (7,603 vs 300 in Meservey). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($70,278 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Meservey
Population	7,603	300
Median age	49.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$54,063
Median home value	$235,100	$54,100
Median gross rent	$755	$667
Housing units	4,499	149
Homeownership rate	74.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Meservey
Population	7,597 → 7,603 (+0.1%)	196 → 300 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$57,841 → $70,278 (+21.5%)	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,100 (+50.7%)	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $755 (+21.2%)	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)

Clear Lake

Population

7,5977,603

Median household income

$57,841$70,278

Median home value

$156,000$235,100

Median gross rent

$623$755

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Meservey
Under 5	4.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	28.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.3%
75 and over	9.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Meservey
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Meservey
No high school diploma	3.5%	22.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Meservey
Drove alone	79.2%	90.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Meservey
1-unit, detached	60.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Meservey
Poverty rate	7.3%	28.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1973	1944