Clear LakeSD
41 people live in this town in South Dakota.
Is Clear Lake a good place to live?
51% of residents live below the poverty line in Clear Lake, above both South Dakota’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 36 in South Dakota we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Clear Lake. Clear Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
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Clear Lake has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Britton (21%), Miller Township (11%) and Sisseton (7%). The median commute is under 20 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clear Lake stands out in South Dakota and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
Expected losses in Clear Lake break down as 37% from cold waves and 23% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of South Dakota and the rest of the country, a typical July afternoon in Clear Lake is cooler
Winters in Clear Lake are cold, snowy and summers pleasant. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 3° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Clear Lake is
Only 2 of the 36 South Dakota towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Clear Lake. This South Dakota town beats the South Dakota average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. In Clear Lake, 19% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Clear Lake | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 10% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clear Lake | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 12.7% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 75.6% | 65.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Clear Lake
Moving to Clear Lake: who provides what
Clear Lake is unincorporated, so Marshall County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
100% of working residents leave Clear Lake for work
Where Clear Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clear Lake; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Clear Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
About Clear Lake
Census-designated place in South Dakota, United States
Clear Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States, surrounding a natural lake of the same name. Within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, it was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 170 at the 2020 census. It is in the southeast part of the county, bordered to the northeast by South Dakota Highway 10, which leads northwest 4 miles (6 km) to Lake City and southeast 16 miles (26 km) to Sisseton.
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- Elevation
- 1,837 ft
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Is Clear Lake, SD a good place to live?
Clear Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. 41 people live in this town in South Dakota.
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