Wisconsin · Census place 5515250

Clear Lake, Wisconsin

Clear Lake is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,103 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 354th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,103
#354 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+7 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
424 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Clear Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Clear Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Clear Lake added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,094. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clear Lake covers 2.60 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 424 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Clear Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clear Lake is in

All of Clear Lake's residents live in Polk County, which had 45,831 residents in 2024. Clear Lake holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clear Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clear Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54005. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clear Lake is

The Census internal point of Clear Lake is at 45.248000, -92.267800. Madison, the capital, is 207.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amery, WI (2,934 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 45.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.248000, -92.267800
DMS
45°14'52.80"N 92°16'4.08"W
UTM
15N 557459.1E 5010761.4N
Geohash
cbn3kmhss
Plus code
86Q96PXJ+6V

Daylight in Clear Lake

At 45.25° N, Clear Lake gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clear Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Amery, 6.1 miles away, with 2,934 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clear Lake, WI?

1,103 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.6%) from 1,096 in July 2020.

What county is Clear Lake in?

Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clear Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54005.

How far is Clear Lake from Madison?

207.3 miles (333.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Clear Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Clear Lake?

Amery, WI, with 2,934 residents, 6.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.