Clearwater County vs Rock County

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

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

Rock County has the higher population (9,628 vs 8,579 in Clearwater County). Rock County has the higher median household income ($70,698 vs $64,934 in Clearwater County). Rock County has the higher median home value ($201,600 vs $177,100 in Clearwater County).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater County	Rock County
Population	8,579	9,628
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,934	$70,698
Median home value	$177,100	$201,600
Median gross rent	$740	$745
Housing units	4,449	4,236
Homeownership rate	81.1%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater County	Rock County
Population	8,821 → 8,579 (-2.7%)	9,402 → 9,628 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,386 → $64,934 (+28.9%)	$63,005 → $70,698 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $177,100 (+29.1%)	$153,000 → $201,600 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $740 (+8.8%)	$678 → $745 (+9.9%)

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

Rock County

Population

9,4029,628

Median household income

$63,005$70,698

Median home value

$153,000$201,600

Median gross rent

$678$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater County	Rock County
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.7%
75 and over	8.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater County	Rock County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater County	Rock County
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater County	Rock County
Drove alone	77.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	4.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater County	Rock County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater County	Rock County
Poverty rate	11.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1980	1958