Clearwater vs Silver Creek

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

Clearwater and Silver Creek 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 156 in Silver Creek). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($89,219 vs $66,500 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $248,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
Population	1,904	156
Median age	30.9 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,219	$66,500
Median home value	$248,100	$400,000
Median gross rent	$1,074	—
Housing units	761	74
Homeownership rate	63.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
Population	1,859 → 1,904 (+2.4%)	272 → 156 (-42.6%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $89,219 (+33.0%)	$61,125 → $66,500 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $248,100 (+44.2%)	$198,100 → $400,000 (+101.9%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,074 (+28.5%)	$713 → $708 (-0.7%)

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

Silver Creek

Population

272156

Median household income

$61,125$66,500

Median home value

$198,100$400,000

Median gross rent

$713$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
Under 5	8.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	5.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	23.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	3.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	26.3%
75 and over	5.5%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	3.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	31.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
Drove alone	89.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	55.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	2002	1950