Anacortes vs Clear Lake

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

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

Anacortes has the higher population (17,837 vs 1,176 in Clear Lake). Anacortes has the higher median household income ($89,788 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Anacortes has the higher median home value ($647,700 vs $528,600 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
Population	17,837	1,176
Median age	49.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,788	$64,313
Median home value	$647,700	$528,600
Median gross rent	$1,609	—
Housing units	8,598	478
Homeownership rate	69.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
Population	16,977 → 17,837 (+5.1%)	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$71,844 → $89,788 (+25.0%)	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$406,400 → $647,700 (+59.4%)	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,609 (+34.9%)	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)

Anacortes

Population

16,97717,837

Median household income

$71,844$89,788

Median home value

$406,400$647,700

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,609

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)

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.9%
65 to 74	17.9%	15.6%
75 and over	13.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	17.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
Drove alone	72.0%	48.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	41.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	3.8%
Worked from home	14.1%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	77.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Anacortes	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	7.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1988	1970