Clarkson vs Richland

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkson and Richland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarkson has the higher population (609 vs 68 in Richland). Clarkson has the higher median household income ($64,219 vs $40,625 in Richland). Richland has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $74,200 in Clarkson).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkson	Richland
Population	609	68
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,219	$40,625
Median home value	$74,200	$112,500
Median gross rent	$514	—
Housing units	319	38
Homeownership rate	82.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkson	Richland
Population	631 → 609 (-3.5%)	134 → 68 (-49.3%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $64,219 (+12.5%)	$43,125 → $40,625 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$49,600 → $74,200 (+49.6%)	$54,000 → $112,500 (+108.3%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $514 (-10.0%)	—

Clarkson

Population

631609

Median household income

$57,083$64,219

Median home value

$49,600$74,200

Median gross rent

$571$514

Richland

Population

13468

Median household income

$43,125$40,625

Median home value

$54,000$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkson	Richland
Under 5	4.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	8.5%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.3%
75 and over	17.7%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkson	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	10.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkson	Richland
No high school diploma	6.7%	19.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkson	Richland
Drove alone	88.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkson	Richland
1-unit, detached	79.3%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarkson	Richland
Poverty rate	19.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1953	1960