Clear Lake vs Zimmerman

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

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

Zimmerman has the higher population (6,410 vs 621 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $86,169 in Zimmerman). Zimmerman has the higher median home value ($284,600 vs $255,800 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
Population	621	6,410
Median age	32.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$86,169
Median home value	$255,800	$284,600
Median gross rent	$864	$1,277
Housing units	214	2,287
Homeownership rate	89.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
Population	573 → 621 (+8.4%)	5,657 → 6,410 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $105,000 (+21.7%)	$77,222 → $86,169 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$181,000 → $255,800 (+41.3%)	$187,500 → $284,600 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $864 (+0.9%)	$1,213 → $1,277 (+5.3%)

Clear Lake

Population

573621

Median household income

$86,250$105,000

Median home value

$181,000$255,800

Median gross rent

$856$864

Zimmerman

Population

5,6576,410

Median household income

$77,222$86,169

Median home value

$187,500$284,600

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
Under 5	9.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	22.2%	22.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	5.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.0%
75 and over	2.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.5%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
Drove alone	70.1%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	13.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
1-unit, detached	86.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Zimmerman
Poverty rate	2.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	2000	2003