Astoria vs Clear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Astoria and Clear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Astoria and Clear Lake are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clear Lake has the higher population (1,333 vs 160 in Astoria). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($65,398 vs $46,667 in Astoria). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $103,400 in Astoria).

Population, income & housing

	Astoria	Clear Lake
Population	160	1,333
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$65,398
Median home value	$103,400	$144,400
Median gross rent	$850	$679
Housing units	103	616
Homeownership rate	80.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Astoria	Clear Lake
Population	165 → 160 (-3.0%)	1,393 → 1,333 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $46,667 (-3.0%)	$57,105 → $65,398 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $103,400 (+69.5%)	$120,700 → $144,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $850 (+41.7%)	$492 → $679 (+38.0%)

Astoria

Population

165160

Median household income

$48,125$46,667

Median home value

$61,000$103,400

Median gross rent

$600$850

Clear Lake

Population

1,3931,333

Median household income

$57,105$65,398

Median home value

$120,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$492$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Astoria	Clear Lake
Under 5	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	14.2%
75 and over	10.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Astoria	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Astoria	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Astoria	Clear Lake
Drove alone	83.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Astoria	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	75.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Astoria	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1973