Clear Lake vs Veblen

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

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

Veblen has the higher population (428 vs 30 in Clear Lake). Veblen has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $22,679 in Clear Lake). Since 2019, Veblen's population has grown faster (-7.4% vs -80.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Veblen
Population	30	428
Median age	68.1 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$22,679	$52,917
Median home value	—	$40,800
Median gross rent	—	$653
Housing units	201	186
Homeownership rate	11.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Veblen
Population	150 → 30 (-80.0%)	462 → 428 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$108,750 → $22,679 (-79.1%)	$34,821 → $52,917 (+52.0%)
Median home value	—	$32,500 → $40,800 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$506 → $653 (+29.1%)

Clear Lake

Population

15030

Median household income

$108,750$22,679

Veblen

Population

462428

Median household income

$34,821$52,917

Median home value

$32,500$40,800

Median gross rent

$506$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Veblen
Under 5	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	30.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	56.7%	8.2%
75 and over	0.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Veblen
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	39.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	76.7%	28.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Veblen
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	13.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	86.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Veblen
Drove alone	42.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	28.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	28.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Veblen
1-unit, detached	83.6%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Veblen
Poverty rate	50.0%	20.8%
Average household size	—	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1979	1971