Clear Lake vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (35,312 vs 1,176 in Clear Lake). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($73,277 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($528,600 vs $429,300 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
Population	1,176	35,312
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,313	$73,277
Median home value	$528,600	$429,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,255
Housing units	478	13,552
Homeownership rate	79.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
Population	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)	35,026 → 35,312 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)	$62,056 → $73,277 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)	$269,100 → $429,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)	$1,019 → $1,255 (+23.2%)

Clear Lake

Population

9141,176

Median household income

$70,417$64,313

Median home value

$325,400$528,600

Median gross rent

$698$687

Mount Vernon

Population

35,02635,312

Median household income

$62,056$73,277

Median home value

$269,100$429,300

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.5%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	54.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	12.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	7.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	48.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	41.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	92.5%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1970	1987