What is the median rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA?

Name: Median rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA is $1,699 (±$385) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 101 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,699 (±$385)
Rented homes: 101 (±106)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Clear Lake (Pierce County)

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Clear Lake (Pierce County)	Pierce County	Washington	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±31.5 points)	3.1%	4.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	16.8% (±35.0 points)	5.9%	10.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±31.5 points)	21.7%	21.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	83.2% (±35.0 points)	31.6%	26.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±31.5 points)	22.2%	18.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±31.5 points)	8.7%	9.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±31.5 points)	6.8%	9.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 83.2% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Clear Lake (Pierce County) cost $2,000 or more a month.

Clear Lake (Pierce County) against Pierce County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Clear Lake (Pierce County)	Pierce County	Washington	United States
Median gross rent	$1,699 (±$385)	$1,806 (±$18)	$1,760 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	101 (±106)	120,123 (±2,182)	1,070,508 (±7,137)	42,849,984

In Clear Lake (Pierce County), median gross rent is not measurably different from Pierce County ($1,806).

It is not measurably different from Washington ($1,760).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Pierce County, Clear Lake (Pierce County) ranks 41 of 52 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 177 of 417.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County) has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	2.2% (±3.6 points)	18.4% (±16.9 points)	+16.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±100.0 points)	0.0% (±31.5 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Clear Lake (Pierce County)

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Clear Lake (Pierce County)
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Clear Lake (Pierce County)	—	$1,699 (±$385)	—
Eatonville	4.5 mi	$979 (±$83)	Lower
Graham	7.4 mi	$2,095 (±$221)	Not measurably different
Elk Plain	8.3 mi	$2,172 (±$187)	Higher
Frederickson	12 mi	$2,386 (±$194)	Higher
Roy	12 mi	$2,227 (±$269)	Higher
Orting	12 mi	$2,284 (±$419)	Higher
Spanaway	13 mi	$1,813 (±$73)	Not measurably different
South Hill	13 mi	$2,088 (±$107)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Eatonville, WA ($979).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Elk Plain, WA ($2,172), Frederickson, WA ($2,386), Roy, WA ($2,227).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Pierce County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
35	Puyallup	$1,812 (±$43)
36	Carbonado	$1,809 (±$306)
37	Waller	$1,787 (±$158)
38	University Place	$1,762 (±$57)
39	Longbranch	$1,750 (±$382)
40	Key Center	$1,705 (±$719)
41	Clear Lake (Pierce County)	$1,699 (±$385)
42	Tacoma	$1,676 (±$28)
43	Parkland	$1,663 (±$38)
44	Alderton	$1,633 (±$297)
45	Wauna	$1,602 (±$324)
46	Wilkeson	$1,594 (±$249)
47	Fircrest	$1,554 (±$222)

Showing 13 of 52 places in Pierce County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Clear Lake (Pierce County) is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Clear Lake (Pierce County)

What is the average rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County) is $1,699 (±$385) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Clear Lake (Pierce County) cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Clear Lake (Pierce County) have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Clear Lake (Pierce County) higher than in Pierce County?

In Clear Lake (Pierce County), median gross rent is not measurably different from Pierce County ($1,806).

It is not measurably different from Washington ($1,760).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Clear Lake CDP (Pierce County), Washington (place:12820, in state:53).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.