Real estate · Small-town market · California
Real estate businesses in the Clearlake, CA area
How the Clearlake, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #394 of 536 scored small-town markets
#4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 81
- 9 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- +50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $444.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,485 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 127
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.1
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,772
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Clearlake area comes to about $444.1M a year: $16,485 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 27% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
The Clearlake area has 81 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 30.1 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Clearlake area in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 222 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $438K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Clearlake area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Clearlake area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, the Clearlake area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #394 of 536 scored small-town markets and #4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Clearlake area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Clearlake area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.1 | 49.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 127 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 691 | 293 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +50.0% | +13.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,485 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $60,621 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39+50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 90
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 222Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $438K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Clearlake area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Clearlake area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,772−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,940
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,621+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,306
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,936
- Daytime population
- 61,990Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Clearlake area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bishop, CA | 74 | 12 | 14.9 | 270 | −4.4% | #34 of 536 |
| 2Red Bluff, CA | 50 | 64 | 25.8 | 148 | −1.7% | #270 of 536 |
| 3Susanville, CA | 40 | 23 | 24.9 | 152 | −13.1% | #389 of 536 |
| 4Clearlake, CA | 40 | 81 | 30.1 | 127 | −0.6% | #394 of 536 |
| 5Ukiah, CA | 37 | 97 | 27.8 | 141 | −3.5% | #426 of 536 |
| 6Crescent City, CA | 34 | 29 | 30.5 | 126 | −4.4% | #462 of 536 |
| 7Eureka-Arcata, CA | 34 | 168 | 30.6 | 124 | −3.4% | #463 of 536 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 33 | 131 | 60.2 | 73 | +0.9% | #482 of 536 |
| 8Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 30 | 282 | 65.8 | 67 | −0.4% | #507 of 536 |
| 9Sonora, CA | 29 | 88 | 38.8 | 106 | −4.0% | #510 of 536 |
Other business types in the Clearlake area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Clearlake, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 real estate businesses in the Clearlake area. 9 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. Another 222 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Clearlake, CA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $444.1M a year, or $16,485 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 81 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 27% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,940 households in the Clearlake area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clearlake, CA area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Clearlake area has 30.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 127, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Clearlake area would have about 103, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Clearlake, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Clearlake area at 67,772 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,940 households. Median household income in the Clearlake area is $60,621, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Clearlake area scores 40 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #394 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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