Clear Lake vs Sedro-Woolley

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

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

Sedro-Woolley has the higher population (12,633 vs 1,176 in Clear Lake). Sedro-Woolley has the higher median household income ($72,140 vs $64,313 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($528,600 vs $390,200 in Sedro-Woolley).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
Population	1,176	12,633
Median age	48.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,313	$72,140
Median home value	$528,600	$390,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,460
Housing units	478	5,006
Homeownership rate	79.3%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
Population	914 → 1,176 (+28.7%)	11,739 → 12,633 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $64,313 (-8.7%)	$60,863 → $72,140 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$325,400 → $528,600 (+62.4%)	$244,000 → $390,200 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $687 (-1.6%)	$1,253 → $1,460 (+16.5%)

Clear Lake

Population

9141,176

Median household income

$70,417$64,313

Median home value

$325,400$528,600

Median gross rent

$698$687

Sedro-Woolley

Population

11,73912,633

Median household income

$60,863$72,140

Median home value

$244,000$390,200

Median gross rent

$1,253$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
Under 5	3.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	70.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	12.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
No high school diploma	7.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
Drove alone	48.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	41.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	5.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
1-unit, detached	92.5%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Sedro-Woolley
Poverty rate	15.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1970	1981