Clearwater County vs Murray County

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

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

Clearwater County has the higher population (8,579 vs 8,119 in Murray County). Murray County has the higher median household income ($74,475 vs $64,934 in Clearwater County). Murray County has the higher median home value ($179,400 vs $177,100 in Clearwater County).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater County	Murray County
Population	8,579	8,119
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,934	$74,475
Median home value	$177,100	$179,400
Median gross rent	$740	$768
Housing units	4,449	4,401
Homeownership rate	81.1%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater County	Murray County
Population	8,821 → 8,579 (-2.7%)	8,296 → 8,119 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$50,386 → $64,934 (+28.9%)	$60,231 → $74,475 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $177,100 (+29.1%)	$120,100 → $179,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $740 (+8.8%)	$572 → $768 (+34.3%)

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

Murray County

Population

8,2968,119

Median household income

$60,231$74,475

Median home value

$120,100$179,400

Median gross rent

$572$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater County	Murray County
Under 5	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.3%
75 and over	8.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater County	Murray County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater County	Murray County
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater County	Murray County
Drove alone	77.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater County	Murray County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater County	Murray County
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1980	1963