Clearwater vs Neligh

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

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

Neligh has the higher population (1,636 vs 240 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $60,000 in Neligh). Neligh has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $77,500 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Neligh
Population	240	1,636
Median age	56.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$60,000
Median home value	$77,500	$145,100
Median gross rent	$788	$856
Housing units	175	769
Homeownership rate	74.6%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Neligh
Population	361 → 240 (-33.5%)	1,622 → 1,636 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $61,667 (+25.4%)	$48,676 → $60,000 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)	$84,700 → $145,100 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $788 (+47.8%)	$628 → $856 (+36.3%)

Clearwater

Population

361240

Median household income

$49,167$61,667

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$533$788

Neligh

Population

1,6221,636

Median household income

$48,676$60,000

Median home value

$84,700$145,100

Median gross rent

$628$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Neligh
Under 5	1.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	8.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	24.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.3%
75 and over	10.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Neligh
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Neligh
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Neligh
Drove alone	72.6%	90.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	7.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Neligh
1-unit, detached	92.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Neligh
Poverty rate	21.3%	5.7%
Average household size	1.85	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1956	1963