Clay Center vs Harvard

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

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

Harvard has the higher population (1,001 vs 750 in Clay Center). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $67,813 in Harvard). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $98,400 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Harvard
Population	750	1,001
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$67,813
Median home value	$148,300	$98,400
Median gross rent	$620	$720
Housing units	346	465
Homeownership rate	82.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Harvard
Population	801 → 750 (-6.4%)	1,086 → 1,001 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $75,833 (+31.3%)	$58,750 → $67,813 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $148,300 (+74.9%)	$75,800 → $98,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$604 → $720 (+19.2%)

Clay Center

Population

801750

Median household income

$57,750$75,833

Median home value

$84,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$515$620

Harvard

Population

1,0861,001

Median household income

$58,750$67,813

Median home value

$75,800$98,400

Median gross rent

$604$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Harvard
Under 5	9.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.2%
75 and over	7.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Harvard
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	67.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Harvard
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Harvard
Drove alone	85.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Harvard
1-unit, detached	88.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Harvard
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1959	1958