Clay Center vs Trumbull

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

Clay Center and Trumbull 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 286 in Trumbull). Trumbull has the higher median household income ($112,708 vs $75,833 in Clay Center). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $134,700 in Trumbull).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Trumbull
Population	750	286
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$112,708
Median home value	$148,300	$134,700
Median gross rent	$620	$1,150
Housing units	346	101
Homeownership rate	82.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Trumbull
Population	801 → 750 (-6.4%)	251 → 286 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $75,833 (+31.3%)	$56,563 → $112,708 (+99.3%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $148,300 (+74.9%)	$76,000 → $134,700 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$850 → $1,150 (+35.3%)

Clay Center

Population

801750

Median household income

$57,750$75,833

Median home value

$84,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$515$620

Trumbull

Population

251286

Median household income

$56,563$112,708

Median home value

$76,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$850$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Trumbull
Under 5	9.9%	16.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	23.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	1.7%
75 and over	7.6%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Trumbull
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Trumbull
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Trumbull
Drove alone	85.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Trumbull
1-unit, detached	88.4%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Trumbull
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1959	1961