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Clear Lake is a small town of 1,093 people in Skagit County, Washington. It's about 4 miles from Mount Vernon, WA and 58 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $551k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,093people
$551kTypical home
$1,134/moRent
74° / 46°Summer / winter
6"Snow
170Sunny days
186Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,093
- Part of a metro area
- About 404 people per sq mi
- 58 mi to Seattle, WA
- 4 mi to Mount Vernon, WA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $551k (≈$3,471/mo)
- Median rent $1,134/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 170 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 195 cloudy days a year
- 69 of 90 winter days are gray
- 186 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (102 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,327 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 23% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to Arlington Municipal Airport airport
- 69 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 190 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 328 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 52 bars within 25 mi
- 174 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 5 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Washington districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Skagit County: D+9 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.