Clearwater County vs Marshall County

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater County and Marshall County: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearwater County and Marshall County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marshall County has the higher population (8,961 vs 8,579 in Clearwater County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($71,701 vs $64,934 in Clearwater County). Clearwater County has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $153,300 in Marshall County).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
Population	8,579	8,961
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,934	$71,701
Median home value	$177,100	$153,300
Median gross rent	$740	$737
Housing units	4,449	4,416
Homeownership rate	81.1%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
Population	8,821 → 8,579 (-2.7%)	9,372 → 8,961 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$50,386 → $64,934 (+28.9%)	$60,118 → $71,701 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $177,100 (+29.1%)	$117,000 → $153,300 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $740 (+8.8%)	$636 → $737 (+15.9%)

Clearwater County

Population

8,8218,579

Median household income

$50,386$64,934

Median home value

$137,200$177,100

Median gross rent

$680$740

Marshall County

Population

9,3728,961

Median household income

$60,118$71,701

Median home value

$117,000$153,300

Median gross rent

$636$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
Drove alone	77.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1980	1971