Amery vs Clear Lake

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

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

Amery has the higher population (2,959 vs 1,050 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $71,290 in Amery). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $164,300 in Amery).

Population, income & housing

	Amery	Clear Lake
Population	2,959	1,050
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,290	$73,214
Median home value	$164,300	$172,100
Median gross rent	$1,154	$910
Housing units	1,544	474
Homeownership rate	64.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amery	Clear Lake
Population	2,819 → 2,959 (+5.0%)	1,078 → 1,050 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$55,764 → $71,290 (+27.8%)	$47,054 → $73,214 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $164,300 (+22.7%)	$130,900 → $172,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,154 (+54.1%)	$580 → $910 (+56.9%)

Amery

Population

2,8192,959

Median household income

$55,764$71,290

Median home value

$133,900$164,300

Median gross rent

$749$1,154

Clear Lake

Population

1,0781,050

Median household income

$47,054$73,214

Median home value

$130,900$172,100

Median gross rent

$580$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amery	Clear Lake
Under 5	1.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	20.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	7.0%
75 and over	10.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amery	Clear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amery	Clear Lake
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	22.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amery	Clear Lake
Drove alone	81.6%	89.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amery	Clear Lake
1-unit, detached	60.5%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.5%
20 or more units	10.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Amery	Clear Lake
Poverty rate	5.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1973	1977