Home values, rents and more in Clear Lake, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Clear Lake compares
The typical home in Clear Lake, IA is worth about $340,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Clear Lake are 1.7 times the typical value in the Mason City metro area ($203,000) and 7% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Clear Lake rose 4.5%, compared with +3.2% in the Mason City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,075 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 13% above the Mason City metro area ($951) and 44% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $79,415, against $68,926 in the Mason City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 7,607 people live in Clear Lake (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Clear Lake has the highest typical home value of the 14 cities in the Mason City metro area and the 60th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cerro Gordo County, IA · Mason City metro area · Iowa
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.