Clinton vs Hay Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Hay Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hay Springs has the higher population (659 vs 73 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median household income ($54,911 vs $45,833 in Hay Springs). Since 2019, Clinton's population has grown faster (+49.0% vs +10.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Hay Springs
Population	73	659
Median age	58.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,911	$45,833
Median home value	—	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$692
Housing units	36	380
Homeownership rate	57.1%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Hay Springs
Population	49 → 73 (+49.0%)	596 → 659 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$84,750 → $54,911 (-35.2%)	$37,024 → $45,833 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $106,300 (-2.8%)	$56,900 → $91,900 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $692 (+4.1%)

Clinton

Population

4973

Median household income

$84,750$54,911

Median home value

$109,400$106,300

Hay Springs

Population

596659

Median household income

$37,024$45,833

Median home value

$56,900$91,900

Median gross rent

$665$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Hay Springs
Under 5	4.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	2.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	5.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	21.2%
65 to 74	32.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Hay Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Hay Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Hay Springs
Drove alone	93.3%	63.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	16.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Hay Springs
1-unit, detached	88.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Hay Springs
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.09	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1965	1938