Data released March 17 from the U.S. Census Bureau includes information from its Annual Community Survey five-year estimates for 2016-20, including the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the bureau, the pandemic resulted in disruptions to its data collection, and the bureau revised its methodology to reduce bias occurring as a result of nonresponses in 2020.

This new data revealed population decline in Clear Lake but growth in League City.

ZIP codes 77058, 77059 and 77062, which are in Clear Lake, decreased in population from 61,408 in 2015 to 58,991 in 2020. ZIP code 77565, which includes Clear Lake Shores, Kemah and an eastern portion of League City, increased from 6,376 to 6,953, according to the data.

ZIP code 77573, which makes up most of League City, grew from 79,435 to 91,454 from 2015 to 2020, the data shows.

The median age of residents shifted by ZIP code as well. ZIP codes 77058 and 77573's median age decreased a bit from 2015, while the rest increased. The biggest increase was in ZIP code 77565, according to the data. Most ZIP codes are more educated on average than they were in 2015.

About 44.9% of ZIP code 77058's residents age 25 and older have at least a bachelor's degree compared to 40.9% in 2015. For ZIP code 77062, those numbers are 50.6% and 46.1%, respectively, and for ZIP code 77573, the numbers are 48.7% and 43.4%, respectively.

ZIP codes 77059 saw a decrease from 70% in 2015 to 69.1% in 2020, and ZIP code 77565 also saw a drop from 40.1% in 2015 to 39.5% in 2020, according to the data.

Median incomes per household mostly increased, though there was a drop from 2015 to 2020 for ZIP code 77565. Finally, unemployment rates dropped for nearly all ZIP codes. ZIP codes 77058, 77062 and 77565 saw drops from 8.4% to 7%, 8.3% to 5.7% and 6.1% to 5% from 2015 to 2020, respectively.

Meanwhile, ZIP codes 77059 and 77573 saw unemployment rates increase from 4.9% to 6.4% and 3.6% to 3.8% from 2015 to 2020, respectively, the data shows.