Central City vs Clarks

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Clarks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central City has the higher population (3,039 vs 337 in Clarks). Central City has the higher median household income ($62,012 vs $55,625 in Clarks). Central City has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $92,000 in Clarks).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Clarks
Population	3,039	337
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,012	$55,625
Median home value	$158,300	$92,000
Median gross rent	$729	$925
Housing units	1,268	162
Homeownership rate	67.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Clarks
Population	2,903 → 3,039 (+4.7%)	374 → 337 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$48,447 → $62,012 (+28.0%)	$49,167 → $55,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $158,300 (+49.2%)	$54,500 → $92,000 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $729 (+9.5%)	$713 → $925 (+29.7%)

Central City

Population

2,9033,039

Median household income

$48,447$62,012

Median home value

$106,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$666$729

Clarks

Population

374337

Median household income

$49,167$55,625

Median home value

$54,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$713$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Clarks
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.5%
75 and over	10.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Clarks
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Clarks
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Clarks
Drove alone	86.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Clarks
1-unit, detached	75.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Clarks
Poverty rate	7.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1967	1946