Clear Lake vs Ventura

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

Clear Lake and Ventura 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 708 in Ventura). Ventura has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $70,278 in Clear Lake). Ventura has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $235,100 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Ventura
Population	7,603	708
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$83,125
Median home value	$235,100	$344,800
Median gross rent	$755	$1,016
Housing units	4,499	359
Homeownership rate	74.9%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Ventura
Population	7,597 → 7,603 (+0.1%)	865 → 708 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$57,841 → $70,278 (+21.5%)	$75,938 → $83,125 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,100 (+50.7%)	$191,400 → $344,800 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $755 (+21.2%)	$1,018 → $1,016 (-0.2%)

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

Ventura

Population

865708

Median household income

$75,938$83,125

Median home value

$191,400$344,800

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Ventura
Under 5	4.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Ventura
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Ventura
Drove alone	79.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Ventura
1-unit, detached	60.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Ventura
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1973	1970