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Clear Lake, WA

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Overview


Clear Lake is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,228 people and just one neighborhood, Clear Lake is the 253rd largest community in Washington. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Clear Lake, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Clear Lake, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Clear Lake’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Clear Lake does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $63,125.00.

Clear Lake home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but Clear Lake real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Clear Lake, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.97% of Clear Lake’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Clear Lake is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Clear Lake who work in office and administrative support (7.89%), food service (7.02%), and management occupations (7.02%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Clear Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Clear Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Clear Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Clear Lake may be for you.

One downside of living in Clear Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.11 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Clear Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Clear Lake rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.87% of adults 25 and older in Clear Lake have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Clear Lake in 2022 was $30,912, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,648 for a family of four. However, Clear Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clear Lake is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clear Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clear Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clear Lake include German, French, Irish, Norwegian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Clear Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (25.5%) than in 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 9.2% have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clear Lake are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 38.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 44.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Clear Lake, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report English roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (9.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (67.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (25.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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