Clearwater vs Howard Lake

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

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

Clearwater has the higher population (1,904 vs 1,864 in Howard Lake). Howard Lake has the higher median household income ($99,464 vs $89,219 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $239,100 in Howard Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
Population	1,904	1,864
Median age	30.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,219	$99,464
Median home value	$248,100	$239,100
Median gross rent	$1,074	$930
Housing units	761	881
Homeownership rate	63.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
Population	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)	1,881 → 1,864 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)	$52,731 → $99,464 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)	$153,800 → $239,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)	$774 → $930 (+20.2%)

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

Howard Lake

Population

1,8811,864

Median household income

$52,731$99,464

Median home value

$153,800$239,100

Median gross rent

$774$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
Under 5	8.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	23.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	12.1%
75 and over	5.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
Drove alone	89.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
1-unit, detached	55.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	21.3%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Howard Lake
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	2002	1991