Clear Lake vs North Puyallup

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

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

North Puyallup has the higher population (1,363 vs 1,266 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($98,098 vs $81,063 in North Puyallup). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($597,500 vs $335,500 in North Puyallup).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
Population	1,266	1,363
Median age	44.3 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,098	$81,063
Median home value	$597,500	$335,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,051
Housing units	616	835
Homeownership rate	86.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
Population	1,126 → 1,266 (+12.4%)	1,930 → 1,363 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$79,926 → $98,098 (+22.7%)	$56,114 → $81,063 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$306,300 → $597,500 (+95.1%)	$152,700 → $335,500 (+119.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,008 → $1,051 (+4.3%)

Clear Lake

Population

1,1261,266

Median household income

$79,926$98,098

Median home value

$306,300$597,500

North Puyallup

Population

1,9301,363

Median household income

$56,114$81,063

Median home value

$152,700$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
Under 5	8.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	2.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	2.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	35.9%
75 and over	6.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	58.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.8%
Asian	2.7%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.4%	18.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
Drove alone	67.3%	63.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	22.2%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
1-unit, detached	89.6%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	North Puyallup
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.52	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1995	1961