It is a fairly quiet city 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.
In terms of college education, Clear Lake is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.90% of adults in Clear Lake have a college degree.
The per capita income in Clear Lake in 2018 was $51,027, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $204,108 for a family of four. However, Clear Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Clear Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
