Clearwater vs Orchard

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

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

Orchard has the higher population (346 vs 240 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $48,281 in Orchard). Orchard has the higher median home value ($77,900 vs $77,500 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Orchard
Population	240	346
Median age	56.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$48,281
Median home value	$77,500	$77,900
Median gross rent	$788	$850
Housing units	175	186
Homeownership rate	74.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Orchard
Population	361 → 240 (-33.5%)	524 → 346 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $61,667 (+25.4%)	$43,958 → $48,281 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)	$53,000 → $77,900 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $788 (+47.8%)	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)

Clearwater

Population

361240

Median household income

$49,167$61,667

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$533$788

Orchard

Population

524346

Median household income

$43,958$48,281

Median home value

$53,000$77,900

Median gross rent

$650$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Orchard
Under 5	1.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	8.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	24.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	10.1%
75 and over	10.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	95.4%
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%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Orchard
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Orchard
Drove alone	72.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	7.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Orchard
1-unit, detached	92.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Orchard
Poverty rate	21.3%	26.9%
Average household size	1.85	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1956	1957