Clear Lake vs Frederic

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

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

Frederic has the higher population (1,148 vs 1,050 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $51,765 in Frederic). Clear Lake has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $144,900 in Frederic).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Frederic
Population	1,050	1,148
Median age	42.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$51,765
Median home value	$172,100	$144,900
Median gross rent	$910	$836
Housing units	474	499
Homeownership rate	76.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Frederic
Population	1,078 → 1,050 (-2.6%)	1,099 → 1,148 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $73,214 (+55.6%)	$37,411 → $51,765 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $172,100 (+31.5%)	$101,800 → $144,900 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $910 (+56.9%)	$635 → $836 (+31.7%)

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

Frederic

Population

1,0991,148

Median household income

$37,411$51,765

Median home value

$101,800$144,900

Median gross rent

$635$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Frederic
Under 5	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.1%
75 and over	8.3%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Frederic
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Frederic
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Frederic
Drove alone	89.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Frederic
1-unit, detached	68.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	10.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Frederic
Poverty rate	16.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1977	1966