Demographics of Clearwater city, Florida

Clearwater city, Florida had 114,364 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −2,886 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Clearwater city, in four figures

114,364
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 117,247 ±61.; −2.5%
Change since July 2020: −2,886 people.; 46.6 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $66,381 ±$2,396
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Clearwater city, Florida's population shrank 2.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Clearwater city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Clearwater city, Florida's population shrank 2.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Clearwater city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	117,250	100.0	100.0
2021	117,079	99.9	100.2
2022	117,224	100.0	100.7
2023	117,264	100.0	101.6
2024	116,063	99.0	102.5
2025	114,364	97.5	103.1

Population of Clearwater city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	117,250	—
2021	117,079	−171
2022	117,224	+145
2023	117,264	+40
2024	116,063	−1,201
2025	114,364	−1,699

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.6 ±1.2: for men 45.3 ±1.5 and for women 48.0 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Clearwater city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	5,541 ±761	4.7% ±0.6	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	14,239 ±1,163	12.1% ±1.0	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,162 ±777	7.0% ±0.7	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	28,508 ±1,508	24.3% ±1.3	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	32,566 ±1,513	27.8% ±1.3	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	28,231 ±1,330	24.1% ±1.1	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $66,381 ±$2,396, and income per person $44,653 ±$1,953, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Clearwater city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	8,663 ±894	17.3% ±1.8	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	10,335 ±884	20.7% ±1.7	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	8,580 ±834	17.2% ±1.6	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	5,604 ±620	11.2% ±1.2	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	7,829 ±716	15.7% ±1.4	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,925 ±538	7.9% ±1.1	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5,062 ±583	10.1% ±1.1	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Clearwater city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	17,055 ±1,708	14.8% ±1.5	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,896 ±739	20.0% ±3.5	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	8,721 ±941	14.4% ±1.5	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,438 ±766	12.6% ±2.1	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Clearwater city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Clearwater city	Florida	United States
Housing units	61,123 ±856	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.8% ±1.3	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.2% ±1.2	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	58.6% ±1.6	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.4% ±1.9	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$361,300 ±$10,827	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,658 ±$49	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±1	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Clearwater city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	20,026 ±1,603	17.1% ±1.4	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	76,297 ±2,094	65.1% ±1.8	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	12,311 ±1,840	10.5% ±1.6	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	3,286 ±749	2.8% ±0.6	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	9 to 83	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 51	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	948 ±365	0.8% ±0.3	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,309 ±728	3.7% ±0.6	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Clearwater city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	39,778 ±1,738	33.9% ±1.5	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	54,399 ±2,023	46.4% ±1.7	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2,864 ±512	2.4% ±0.4	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	20,206 ±1,769	17.2% ±1.5	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	11,871 ±988	10.1% ±0.8	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	8,335 ±1,458	7.1% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Clearwater city among the places of Florida

22nd of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Clearwater city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Palm Bay city	130,132 ±54
West Palm Beach city	122,290 ±106
Spring Hill CDP	119,983 ±2,596
Lakeland city	119,961 ±72
Brandon CDP	119,767 ±3,719
Clearwater city	117,247 ±61
Pompano Beach city	114,147 ±96
Riverview CDP	113,697 ±4,198
Miami Gardens city	113,177 ±63
Davie town	108,346 ±58
Boca Raton city	100,234 ±49

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Clearwater city, Florida

Rankings this appears in

No. 45 Places in Florida by poverty rate
No. 94 Places in Florida by median age
No. 114 Places in Florida by per capita income
No. 136 Places in Florida by foreign-born share
No. 152 Places in Florida by median rent
No. 177 Places in Florida by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026