Clear Lake vs Goodwin

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

Clear Lake and Goodwin 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 94 in Goodwin). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($65,398 vs $54,750 in Goodwin). Goodwin has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $144,400 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
Population	1,333	94
Median age	44.1 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,398	$54,750
Median home value	$144,400	$175,000
Median gross rent	$679	$519
Housing units	616	83
Homeownership rate	75.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
Population	1,393 → 1,333 (-4.3%)	109 → 94 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$57,105 → $65,398 (+14.5%)	$56,250 → $54,750 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $144,400 (+19.6%)	$84,500 → $175,000 (+107.1%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $679 (+38.0%)	$675 → $519 (-23.1%)

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

Goodwin

Population

10994

Median household income

$56,250$54,750

Median home value

$84,500$175,000

Median gross rent

$675$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
Under 5	4.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	2.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	36.2%
75 and over	12.5%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
Drove alone	79.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
1-unit, detached	75.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Goodwin
Poverty rate	8.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.42	1.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1973	1968