Alger vs Clear Lake

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

Alger and Clear Lake 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 (1,176 vs 655 in Alger). Alger has the higher median household income ($106,318 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Alger has the higher median home value ($659,400 vs $528,600 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Alger	Clear Lake
Population	655	1,176
Median age	45.6 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,318	$64,313
Median home value	$659,400	$528,600
Housing units	220	478
Homeownership rate	95.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alger	Clear Lake
Population	184 → 655 (+256.0%)	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $106,318 (+54.6%)	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$283,900 → $659,400 (+132.3%)	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)

Alger

Population

184655

Median household income

$68,750$106,318

Median home value

$283,900$659,400

Clear Lake

Population

9141,176

Median household income

$70,417$64,313

Median home value

$325,400$528,600

Median gross rent

$698$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alger	Clear Lake
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	20.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	20.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	15.6%
75 and over	0.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alger	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alger	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	47.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alger	Clear Lake
Drove alone	81.2%	48.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	41.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alger	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	61.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Alger	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	5.3%	15.6%
Average household size	4.07	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1984	1970