Clarks vs Silver Creek

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

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

Silver Creek has the higher population (341 vs 337 in Clarks). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($57,321 vs $55,625 in Clarks). Clarks has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $83,800 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks	Silver Creek
Population	337	341
Median age	42.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$57,321
Median home value	$92,000	$83,800
Median gross rent	$925	$824
Housing units	162	209
Homeownership rate	83.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks	Silver Creek
Population	374 → 337 (-9.9%)	409 → 341 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $55,625 (+13.1%)	$37,083 → $57,321 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $92,000 (+68.8%)	$68,300 → $83,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $925 (+29.7%)	$663 → $824 (+24.3%)

Clarks

Population

374337

Median household income

$49,167$55,625

Median home value

$54,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$713$925

Silver Creek

Population

409341

Median household income

$37,083$57,321

Median home value

$68,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$663$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks	Silver Creek
Under 5	4.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.6%
75 and over	6.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	95.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	11.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks	Silver Creek
Drove alone	69.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	19.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	3.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	92.6%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Clarks	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.28	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1946	1963