Clearwater vs Maple Lake

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

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

Maple Lake has the higher population (2,104 vs 1,904 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($89,219 vs $75,469 in Maple Lake). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $221,800 in Maple Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
Population	1,904	2,104
Median age	30.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,219	$75,469
Median home value	$248,100	$221,800
Median gross rent	$1,074	$811
Housing units	761	814
Homeownership rate	63.6%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
Population	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)	2,315 → 2,104 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)	$69,327 → $75,469 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)	$161,700 → $221,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)	$721 → $811 (+12.5%)

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

Maple Lake

Population

2,3152,104

Median household income

$69,327$75,469

Median home value

$161,700$221,800

Median gross rent

$721$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
Under 5	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	23.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.0%
75 and over	5.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
Drove alone	89.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
1-unit, detached	55.5%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	21.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Maple Lake
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	2002	1979