Clay Center vs Sutton

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

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

Sutton has the higher population (1,349 vs 750 in Clay Center). Sutton has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $75,833 in Clay Center). Sutton has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $148,300 in Clay Center).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Sutton
Population	750	1,349
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$80,714
Median home value	$148,300	$151,300
Median gross rent	$620	$863
Housing units	346	647
Homeownership rate	82.1%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Sutton
Population	801 → 750 (-6.4%)	1,503 → 1,349 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $75,833 (+31.3%)	$60,625 → $80,714 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $148,300 (+74.9%)	$105,400 → $151,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$701 → $863 (+23.1%)

Clay Center

Population

801750

Median household income

$57,750$75,833

Median home value

$84,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$515$620

Sutton

Population

1,5031,349

Median household income

$60,625$80,714

Median home value

$105,400$151,300

Median gross rent

$701$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Sutton
Under 5	9.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Sutton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Sutton
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Sutton
Drove alone	85.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Sutton
1-unit, detached	88.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Sutton
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1959	1965