Clarks vs Palmer

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (446 vs 337 in Clarks). Clarks has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $54,861 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median home value ($102,900 vs $92,000 in Clarks).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks	Palmer
Population	337	446
Median age	42.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$54,861
Median home value	$92,000	$102,900
Median gross rent	$925	$785
Housing units	162	202
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks	Palmer
Population	374 → 337 (-9.9%)	524 → 446 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $55,625 (+13.1%)	$55,938 → $54,861 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $92,000 (+68.8%)	$90,700 → $102,900 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $925 (+29.7%)	$679 → $785 (+15.6%)

Clarks

Population

374337

Median household income

$49,167$55,625

Median home value

$54,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$713$925

Palmer

Population

524446

Median household income

$55,938$54,861

Median home value

$90,700$102,900

Median gross rent

$679$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks	Palmer
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks	Palmer
No high school diploma	11.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks	Palmer
Drove alone	69.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	19.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks	Palmer
1-unit, detached	92.6%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarks	Palmer
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1946	1947