Clearwater vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearwater and Elgin are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elgin has the higher population (620 vs 240 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $53,661 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $77,500 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Elgin
Population	240	620
Median age	56.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$53,661
Median home value	$77,500	$98,000
Median gross rent	$788	$675
Housing units	175	380
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Elgin
Population	361 → 240 (-33.5%)	720 → 620 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $61,667 (+25.4%)	$58,421 → $53,661 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)	$77,900 → $98,000 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $788 (+47.8%)	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)

Clearwater

Population

361240

Median household income

$49,167$61,667

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$533$788

Elgin

Population

720620

Median household income

$58,421$53,661

Median home value

$77,900$98,000

Median gross rent

$625$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Elgin
Under 5	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	24.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	13.1%
75 and over	10.4%	21.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Elgin
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Elgin
Drove alone	72.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	7.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Elgin
1-unit, detached	92.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Elgin
Poverty rate	21.3%	8.9%
Average household size	1.85	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1956	1961