Annandale vs Clearwater

A side-by-side comparison of Annandale and Clearwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Annandale has the higher population (3,365 vs 1,904 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($89,219 vs $50,536 in Annandale). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $195,100 in Annandale).

Population, income & housing

	Annandale	Clearwater
Population	3,365	1,904
Median age	44.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,536	$89,219
Median home value	$195,100	$248,100
Median gross rent	$967	$1,074
Housing units	1,416	761
Homeownership rate	77.2%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annandale	Clearwater
Population	3,387 → 3,365 (-0.6%)	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$46,536 → $50,536 (+8.6%)	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $195,100 (+13.4%)	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $967 (+69.1%)	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)

Annandale

Population

3,3873,365

Median household income

$46,536$50,536

Median home value

$172,100$195,100

Median gross rent

$572$967

Clearwater

Population

1,8591,904

Median household income

$67,063$89,219

Median home value

$172,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$836$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annandale	Clearwater
Under 5	3.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	23.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.5%
75 and over	16.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annandale	Clearwater
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annandale	Clearwater
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annandale	Clearwater
Drove alone	78.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annandale	Clearwater
1-unit, detached	68.0%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Annandale	Clearwater
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1985	2002