Bow vs Clear Lake

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

Bow 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 584 in Bow). Bow has the higher median household income ($67,017 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($528,600 vs $361,900 in Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Bow	Clear Lake
Population	584	1,176
Median age	40.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,017	$64,313
Median home value	$361,900	$528,600
Housing units	199	478
Homeownership rate	89.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bow	Clear Lake
Population	447 → 584 (+30.6%)	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$56,857 → $67,017 (+17.9%)	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$269,500 → $361,900 (+34.3%)	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)

Bow

Population

447584

Median household income

$56,857$67,017

Median home value

$269,500$361,900

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)

	Bow	Clear Lake
Under 5	9.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	2.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	18.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bow	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	23.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bow	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	26.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bow	Clear Lake
Drove alone	95.8%	48.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	41.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bow	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Bow	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1963	1970