Clay Center vs Glenvil

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

Clay Center and Glenvil 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 356 in Glenvil). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $55,625 in Glenvil). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $85,000 in Glenvil).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Glenvil
Population	750	356
Median age	39.7 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$55,625
Median home value	$148,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	$620	$748
Housing units	346	138
Homeownership rate	82.1%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Glenvil
Population	801 → 750 (-6.4%)	374 → 356 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $75,833 (+31.3%)	$44,167 → $55,625 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $148,300 (+74.9%)	$64,800 → $85,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$575 → $748 (+30.1%)

Clay Center

Population

801750

Median household income

$57,750$75,833

Median home value

$84,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$515$620

Glenvil

Population

374356

Median household income

$44,167$55,625

Median home value

$64,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$575$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Glenvil
Under 5	9.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	35.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.3%
75 and over	7.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Glenvil
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Glenvil
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Glenvil
Drove alone	85.5%	93.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.2%
Public transit	1.5%	1.4%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Glenvil
1-unit, detached	88.4%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Glenvil
Poverty rate	2.9%	22.8%
Average household size	2.34	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1959	1949