Clay Center vs Edgar

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Center and Edgar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clay Center has the higher population (750 vs 591 in Edgar). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $50,938 in Edgar). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $83,400 in Edgar).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Edgar
Population	750	591
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$50,938
Median home value	$148,300	$83,400
Median gross rent	$620	$571
Housing units	346	271
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Edgar
Population	801 → 750 (-6.4%)	456 → 591 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $75,833 (+31.3%)	$36,667 → $50,938 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $148,300 (+74.9%)	$68,200 → $83,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$583 → $571 (-2.1%)

Clay Center

Population

801750

Median household income

$57,750$75,833

Median home value

$84,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$515$620

Edgar

Population

456591

Median household income

$36,667$50,938

Median home value

$68,200$83,400

Median gross rent

$583$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Edgar
Under 5	9.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.2%
75 and over	7.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Edgar
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Edgar
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Edgar
Drove alone	85.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Edgar
1-unit, detached	88.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Edgar
Poverty rate	2.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1959	1944