Clear Lake vs Ruston

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

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

Ruston has the higher population (1,293 vs 1,266 in Clear Lake). Ruston has the higher median household income ($113,971 vs $98,098 in Clear Lake). Ruston has the higher median home value ($808,200 vs $597,500 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Ruston
Population	1,266	1,293
Median age	44.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,098	$113,971
Median home value	$597,500	$808,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,489
Housing units	616	697
Homeownership rate	86.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Ruston
Population	1,126 → 1,266 (+12.4%)	1,156 → 1,293 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$79,926 → $98,098 (+22.7%)	$90,833 → $113,971 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$306,300 → $597,500 (+95.1%)	$464,600 → $808,200 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,257 → $2,489 (+98.0%)

Clear Lake

Population

1,1261,266

Median household income

$79,926$98,098

Median home value

$306,300$597,500

Ruston

Population

1,1561,293

Median household income

$90,833$113,971

Median home value

$464,600$808,200

Median gross rent

$1,257$2,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Ruston
Under 5	8.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	22.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	2.1%	20.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	16.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Ruston
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	7.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.4%
Asian	2.7%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Ruston
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Ruston
Drove alone	67.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	22.2%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Ruston
1-unit, detached	89.6%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	29.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Ruston
Poverty rate	1.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.52	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1995	1994