Clear Lake vs Osceola

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

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

Osceola has the higher population (2,818 vs 1,050 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $61,029 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $172,100 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	Osceola
Population	1,050	2,818
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$61,029
Median home value	$172,100	$210,800
Median gross rent	$910	$1,019
Housing units	474	1,366
Homeownership rate	76.2%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	Osceola
Population	1,078 → 1,050 (-2.6%)	2,511 → 2,818 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $73,214 (+55.6%)	$44,855 → $61,029 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $172,100 (+31.5%)	$149,500 → $210,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $910 (+56.9%)	$822 → $1,019 (+24.0%)

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

Osceola

Population

2,5112,818

Median household income

$44,855$61,029

Median home value

$149,500$210,800

Median gross rent

$822$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	Osceola
Under 5	6.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	Osceola
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	Osceola
Drove alone	89.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	Osceola
1-unit, detached	68.1%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	13.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	Osceola
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1977	1979