Clear Lake vs St. Croix Falls

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

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

St. Croix Falls has the higher population (2,469 vs 1,050 in Clear Lake). Clear Lake has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $63,179 in St. Croix Falls). St. Croix Falls has the higher median home value ($216,500 vs $172,100 in Clear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
Population	1,050	2,469
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$63,179
Median home value	$172,100	$216,500
Median gross rent	$910	$864
Housing units	474	1,122
Homeownership rate	76.2%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
Population	1,078 → 1,050 (-2.6%)	1,943 → 2,469 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $73,214 (+55.6%)	$47,500 → $63,179 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $172,100 (+31.5%)	$156,100 → $216,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $910 (+56.9%)	$738 → $864 (+17.1%)

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

St. Croix Falls

Population

1,9432,469

Median household income

$47,500$63,179

Median home value

$156,100$216,500

Median gross rent

$738$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
Drove alone	89.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
1-unit, detached	68.1%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	17.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake	St. Croix Falls
Poverty rate	16.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1977	1977