Clearwater vs Royal

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

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

Clearwater has the higher population (240 vs 40 in Royal). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $57,917 in Royal). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $61,300 in Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Royal
Population	240	40
Median age	56.4 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$57,917
Median home value	$77,500	$61,300
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	175	33
Homeownership rate	74.6%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Royal
Population	361 → 240 (-33.5%)	71 → 40 (-43.7%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $61,667 (+25.4%)	$75,278 → $57,917 (-23.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)	$55,600 → $61,300 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $788 (+47.8%)	—

Clearwater

Population

361240

Median household income

$49,167$61,667

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$533$788

Royal

Population

7140

Median household income

$75,278$57,917

Median home value

$55,600$61,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Royal
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	24.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	20.0%
75 and over	10.4%	37.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Royal
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Royal
Drove alone	72.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Royal
1-unit, detached	92.0%	84.8%
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%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Royal
Poverty rate	21.3%	10.0%
Average household size	1.85	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1956	1938