Clear Lake vs La Conner

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

Clear Lake and La Conner 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 986 in La Conner). La Conner has the higher median household income ($75,804 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($528,600 vs $464,700 in La Conner).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	La Conner
Population	1,176	986
Median age	48.5 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,313	$75,804
Median home value	$528,600	$464,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,799
Housing units	478	542
Homeownership rate	79.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	La Conner
Population	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)	934 → 986 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)	$47,813 → $75,804 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)	$310,800 → $464,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)	$927 → $1,799 (+94.1%)

Clear Lake

Population

9141,176

Median household income

$70,417$64,313

Median home value

$325,400$528,600

Median gross rent

$698$687

La Conner

Population

934986

Median household income

$47,813$75,804

Median home value

$310,800$464,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	La Conner
Under 5	3.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	23.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.7%
75 and over	6.7%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	La Conner
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	76.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.6%
Asian	3.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	12.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	La Conner
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	La Conner
Drove alone	48.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	41.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	3.8%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	La Conner
1-unit, detached	92.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	La Conner
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1970	1981