Clear Lake vs Plymouth

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

Clear Lake and Plymouth 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 405 in Plymouth). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($70,278 vs $66,250 in Plymouth). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $105,200 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
Population	7,603	405
Median age	49.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$66,250
Median home value	$235,100	$105,200
Median gross rent	$755	$830
Housing units	4,499	182
Homeownership rate	74.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
Population	7,597 → 7,603 (+0.1%)	447 → 405 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$57,841 → $70,278 (+21.5%)	$60,917 → $66,250 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,100 (+50.7%)	$82,500 → $105,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $755 (+21.2%)	$685 → $830 (+21.2%)

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

Plymouth

Population

447405

Median household income

$60,917$66,250

Median home value

$82,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$685$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.9%
75 and over	9.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
Drove alone	79.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	60.1%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Plymouth
Poverty rate	7.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1973	1951