Clearwater vs Cokato

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

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

Cokato has the higher population (2,780 vs 1,904 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($89,219 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Cokato
Population	1,904	2,780
Median age	30.9 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,219	$71,090
Median home value	$248,100	$216,100
Median gross rent	$1,074	$926
Housing units	761	1,093
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Cokato
Population	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)

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

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Cokato
Under 5	8.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	23.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	4.5%	8.0%
75 and over	5.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Cokato
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Cokato
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Cokato
Drove alone	89.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	2.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Cokato
1-unit, detached	55.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	21.3%	17.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Cokato
Poverty rate	7.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	2002	1976