Clear Lake Shores vs Jamaica Beach

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

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

Clear Lake Shores has the higher population (1,182 vs 991 in Jamaica Beach). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median household income ($111,563 vs $88,077 in Jamaica Beach). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median home value ($448,500 vs $313,600 in Jamaica Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
Population	1,182	991
Median age	54.4 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,563	$88,077
Median home value	$448,500	$313,600
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,732
Housing units	628	1,424
Homeownership rate	84.1%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
Population	1,190 → 1,182 (-0.7%)	1,117 → 991 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$106,902 → $111,563 (+4.4%)	$71,827 → $88,077 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$349,000 → $448,500 (+28.5%)	$226,100 → $313,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $1,896 (+27.9%)	$1,231 → $1,732 (+40.7%)

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

Jamaica Beach

Population

1,117991

Median household income

$71,827$88,077

Median home value

$226,100$313,600

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
Under 5	1.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	4.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.3%
25 to 34	1.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	20.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	26.6%	30.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	31.9%
75 and over	10.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	71.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	14.2%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
Drove alone	74.4%	62.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	32.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
1-unit, detached	83.3%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake Shores	Jamaica Beach
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.21	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1988	1981