Hamlet vs Hayes Center

A side-by-side comparison of Hamlet and Hayes Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayes Center has the higher population (258 vs 17 in Hamlet). Hayes Center has the higher median household income ($70,208 vs $50,625 in Hamlet). Since 2019, Hayes Center's population has grown faster (-10.4% vs -61.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
Population	17	258
Median age	68.1 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$70,208
Median home value	—	$83,300
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	24	154
Homeownership rate	50.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
Population	44 → 17 (-61.4%)	288 → 258 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$26,458 → $50,625 (+91.3%)	$39,583 → $70,208 (+77.4%)
Median home value	—	$66,000 → $83,300 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$413 → $775 (+87.7%)

Hamlet

Population

4417

Median household income

$26,458$50,625

Hayes Center

Population

288258

Median household income

$39,583$70,208

Median home value

$66,000$83,300

Median gross rent

$413$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	47.1%	30.6%
65 to 74	52.9%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
No high school diploma	29.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
Drove alone	100.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
1-unit, detached	79.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Hamlet	Hayes Center
Poverty rate	23.5%	19.8%
Average household size	1.42	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1957