Burlington vs Clear Lake

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (9,637 vs 1,176 in Clear Lake). Burlington has the higher median household income ($74,028 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($528,600 vs $432,900 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Clear Lake
Population	9,637	1,176
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,028	$64,313
Median home value	$432,900	$528,600
Median gross rent	$1,593	—
Housing units	4,248	478
Homeownership rate	49.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Clear Lake
Population	8,881 → 9,637 (+8.5%)	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$49,641 → $74,028 (+49.1%)	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$240,800 → $432,900 (+79.8%)	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,593 (+45.9%)	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)

Burlington

Population

8,8819,637

Median household income

$49,641$74,028

Median home value

$240,800$432,900

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,593

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)

	Burlington	Clear Lake
Under 5	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	78.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Clear Lake
Drove alone	75.6%	48.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	41.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	54.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	11.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1988	1970