Clear Lake vs Gary

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

Clear Lake and Gary 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 227 in Gary). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($65,398 vs $49,375 in Gary). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $72,500 in Gary).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Gary
Population	1,333	227
Median age	44.1 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,398	$49,375
Median home value	$144,400	$72,500
Median gross rent	$679	$479
Housing units	616	148
Homeownership rate	75.7%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Gary
Population	1,393 → 1,333 (-4.3%)	297 → 227 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$57,105 → $65,398 (+14.5%)	$48,750 → $49,375 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $144,400 (+19.6%)	$50,000 → $72,500 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $679 (+38.0%)	$436 → $479 (+9.9%)

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

Gary

Population

297227

Median household income

$48,750$49,375

Median home value

$50,000$72,500

Median gross rent

$436$479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Gary
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	7.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	19.4%
75 and over	12.5%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Gary
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Gary
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Gary
Drove alone	79.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Gary
1-unit, detached	75.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Gary
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.42	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1973	1945