Becker vs Clear Lake

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

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

Becker has the higher population (4,958 vs 621 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $90,188 in Becker). Becker has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $255,800 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Becker	Clear Lake
Population	4,958	621
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,188	$105,000
Median home value	$257,600	$255,800
Median gross rent	$859	$864
Housing units	1,837	214
Homeownership rate	87.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Becker	Clear Lake
Population	4,844 → 4,958 (+2.4%)	573 → 621 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$93,498 → $90,188 (-3.5%)	$86,250 → $105,000 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $257,600 (+36.7%)	$181,000 → $255,800 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $859 (-11.4%)	$856 → $864 (+0.9%)

Becker

Population

4,8444,958

Median household income

$93,498$90,188

Median home value

$188,400$257,600

Median gross rent

$969$859

Clear Lake

Population

573621

Median household income

$86,250$105,000

Median home value

$181,000$255,800

Median gross rent

$856$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Becker	Clear Lake
Under 5	9.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	22.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	5.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.0%
75 and over	5.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Becker	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Becker	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	33.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Becker	Clear Lake
Drove alone	79.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	22.9%
Other means	3.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Becker	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	66.4%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.5%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Becker	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1999	2000