Clear Lake vs Rockwell

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

Clear Lake and Rockwell 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 942 in Rockwell). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($70,278 vs $58,850 in Rockwell). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $142,600 in Rockwell).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
Population	7,603	942
Median age	49.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$58,850
Median home value	$235,100	$142,600
Median gross rent	$755	$539
Housing units	4,499	423
Homeownership rate	74.9%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
Population	7,597 → 7,603 (+0.1%)	888 → 942 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$57,841 → $70,278 (+21.5%)	$56,944 → $58,850 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,100 (+50.7%)	$125,000 → $142,600 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $755 (+21.2%)	$679 → $539 (-20.6%)

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

Rockwell

Population

888942

Median household income

$56,944$58,850

Median home value

$125,000$142,600

Median gross rent

$679$539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	7.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	15.7%
75 and over	9.4%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
Drove alone	79.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	60.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	14.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Rockwell
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1973	1971