City safety & data profile

ClearlakeCA

Clearlake, CA is a 15K-resident city in Lake County with a median household income of $41,867.

Lake County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Clearlake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Clearlake has a population larger than 28% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $214,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 29%
By size
$41,867
Median income (place)
$214,200
Median home (place)
25.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Clearlake

Clearlake posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Clearlake area.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Clearlake

Where Clearlake income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$41,867 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Clearlake $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Clearlake, CA beyond the headline numbers

Clearlake sits inside Lake County, California, at roughly 38.96°N, -122.63°W. Population 15,182, $41,867 median household income. Median home value $214,200, median rent $1,240. Poverty rate 25.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Clearlake, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.5% of Clearlake, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Clearlake runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 12.2% of Clearlake workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.3% in Clearlake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Clearlake from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,182
Clearlake · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$41,867
-53% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$214,200
-48% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lake County): Clearlake's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
68K+6%
Median Income
$60,621+66%
Median Home Value
$324,300+77%
Poverty Rate
17%-32%
Unemployment
11.1%-33%

Economics

Economics indicators for Clearlake, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,240/mo
Poverty Rate
25.5% +106% vs avg
Unemployment 14.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 7.9%
Work From Home 12.2%
Public Transit 1.7%

Population

White 57.3%
African American 4%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40.1%
Short Sleep Duration
38.4%
Obesity
37.3%
Physical Inactivity
34.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Current Smoking
20.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
20.4%
Diabetes
16%
Binge Drinking
15.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.1%
Annual Checkup 71.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.3%
Stroke
5.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
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What alerts and safety updates affect Clearlake?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Clearlake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-CLEARLAKE · Clearlake

Clearlake: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Clearlake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Clearlake, CA? ▼
Clearlake, CA has a population of 15,182 people, located in Lake County, California.
What is the median household income in Clearlake? ▼
The median household income in Clearlake, CA is $41,867 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.5%.
What is the median home value in Clearlake? ▼
The median home value in Clearlake, CA is $214,200. Median rent is $1,240/month.
What are the top health concerns in Clearlake? ▼
The top health indicators in Clearlake include High Blood Pressure (40.1%), Short Sleep Duration (38.4%), Obesity (37.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Clearlake? ▼
Clearlake has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Clearlake? ▼
The median age in Clearlake, CA is 38.8 years. 7.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Clearlake, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (25.5% here).

Cincinnati, OH 25.5% Ames, IA 25.5% Kankakee, IL 25.5% Bowling Green, KY 25.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($41,867 here).

Okmulgee, OK $41,848 Poplar Bluff, MO $41,941 Leisure City, FL $41,977 Douglas, AZ $42,019

Compare Clearlake with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Clearlake's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Clearlake area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lake County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.