Clear Lake vs Toronto

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

Clear Lake and Toronto 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 272 in Toronto). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($65,398 vs $53,750 in Toronto). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $90,000 in Toronto).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Toronto
Population	1,333	272
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,398	$53,750
Median home value	$144,400	$90,000
Median gross rent	$679	$438
Housing units	616	159
Homeownership rate	75.7%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Toronto
Population	1,393 → 1,333 (-4.3%)	209 → 272 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$57,105 → $65,398 (+14.5%)	$52,969 → $53,750 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $144,400 (+19.6%)	$47,500 → $90,000 (+89.5%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $679 (+38.0%)	$725 → $438 (-39.6%)

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

Toronto

Population

209272

Median household income

$52,969$53,750

Median home value

$47,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$725$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Toronto
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	28.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	19.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	3.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.9%
75 and over	12.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Toronto
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	77.9%
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%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Toronto
No high school diploma	9.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	34.5%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Toronto
Drove alone	79.6%	92.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.5%
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	Toronto
1-unit, detached	75.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Toronto
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1973	1958