Bolivar Peninsula vs Clear Lake Shores

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

Bolivar Peninsula and Clear Lake Shores are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bolivar Peninsula has the higher population (2,995 vs 1,182 in Clear Lake Shores). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median household income ($111,563 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median home value ($448,500 vs $316,400 in Bolivar Peninsula).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
Population	2,995	1,182
Median age	62.6 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$111,563
Median home value	$316,400	$448,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,896
Housing units	3,275	628
Homeownership rate	91.7%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	1,190 → 1,182 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$106,902 → $111,563 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$349,000 → $448,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$1,482 → $1,896 (+27.9%)

Bolivar Peninsula

Population

2,5492,995

Median household income

$52,804$71,970

Median home value

$175,200$316,400

Median gross rent

$566$508

Clear Lake Shores

Population

1,1901,182

Median household income

$106,902$111,563

Median home value

$349,000$448,500

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
Under 5	6.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	3.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	4.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	3.8%	20.4%
55 to 64	34.7%	26.6%
65 to 74	31.3%	12.6%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
Drove alone	75.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	15.1%
Other means	5.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
1-unit, detached	91.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	Clear Lake Shores
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	45	33
Median year structure built	2004	1988