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Clay Center city, Clay County, NE

802 Population
0.7 square miles 1,096.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 39.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,073 ±$4,925 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $39,221 ±$2,793
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,500 ±$18,053 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Clay County: $78,986 ±$5,366
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.1% ±1.9% (32  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 6.9% † 412 (±1.6% / ±96)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±2.9 (7,785  ±1,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 22.1 63,820 (±1.3 / ±4,907)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

322 ±45 Number of households
  • Clay County: 2,490 ±91
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (783  ±125) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 2.4 6,003 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.3% ±11.2% (30  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 10.8% † 124 (±3.2% / ±37)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

360 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 2,817 ±38
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,300 ±$20,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $155,600 ±$7,573
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±3.6% (55  ±29.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 7.7% † 463 (±1.9% / ±114.3)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±17.6% (523  ±67.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 93.5% 3,901 (±4.3% / ±181.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±3.9% (104  ±25.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 22.3% 930 (±2.1% / ±86.5)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±3.3% (34  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 2.6% 157
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2% (28  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 6% † 276 (±0.9% / ±41)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±13 26 Male ±12 2 Female ±3

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