Clear Lake vs Purdy

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

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

Clear Lake has the higher population (1,266 vs 1,222 in Purdy). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($98,098 vs $83,902 in Purdy). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($597,500 vs $265,800 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Purdy
Population	1,266	1,222
Median age	44.3 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,098	$83,902
Median home value	$597,500	$265,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,577
Housing units	616	613
Homeownership rate	86.1%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Purdy
Population	1,126 → 1,266 (+12.4%)	1,439 → 1,222 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$79,926 → $98,098 (+22.7%)	$68,611 → $83,902 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$306,300 → $597,500 (+95.1%)	$215,800 → $265,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,370 → $2,577 (+88.1%)

Clear Lake

Population

1,1261,266

Median household income

$79,926$98,098

Median home value

$306,300$597,500

Purdy

Population

1,4391,222

Median household income

$68,611$83,902

Median home value

$215,800$265,800

Median gross rent

$1,370$2,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Purdy
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	3.2%
45 to 54	22.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	2.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	38.6%
75 and over	6.8%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	79.6%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	8.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Purdy
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Purdy
Drove alone	67.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Purdy
1-unit, detached	89.6%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Purdy
Poverty rate	1.1%	0.5%
Average household size	2.52	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1995	1993