Clear Lake vs Dresser

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

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

Clear Lake has the higher population (1,050 vs 1,037 in Dresser). Dresser has the higher median household income ($78,906 vs $73,214 in Clear Lake). Dresser has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $172,100 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Dresser
Population	1,050	1,037
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$78,906
Median home value	$172,100	$194,400
Median gross rent	$910	$1,024
Housing units	474	377
Homeownership rate	76.2%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Dresser
Population	1,078 → 1,050 (-2.6%)	1,004 → 1,037 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $73,214 (+55.6%)	$60,093 → $78,906 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $172,100 (+31.5%)	$133,100 → $194,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $910 (+56.9%)	$879 → $1,024 (+16.5%)

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

Dresser

Population

1,0041,037

Median household income

$60,093$78,906

Median home value

$133,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Dresser
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	19.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Dresser
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Dresser
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Dresser
Drove alone	89.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Dresser
1-unit, detached	68.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Dresser
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1977	1973