Gordon vs Hay Springs

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

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

Gordon has the higher population (1,646 vs 659 in Hay Springs). Gordon has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $45,833 in Hay Springs). Gordon has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $91,900 in Hay Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	Hay Springs
Population	1,646	659
Median age	42.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$45,833
Median home value	$93,300	$91,900
Median gross rent	$679	$692
Housing units	786	380
Homeownership rate	70.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	Hay Springs
Population	1,733 → 1,646 (-5.0%)	596 → 659 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $58,906 (+47.3%)	$37,024 → $45,833 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $93,300 (+48.3%)	$56,900 → $91,900 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $679 (+5.1%)	$665 → $692 (+4.1%)

Gordon

Population

1,7331,646

Median household income

$40,000$58,906

Median home value

$62,900$93,300

Median gross rent

$646$679

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)

	Gordon	Hay Springs
Under 5	8.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	21.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.1%
75 and over	10.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	Hay Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	Hay Springs
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	Hay Springs
Drove alone	59.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.9%
Walked	5.8%	16.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	Hay Springs
1-unit, detached	87.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	Hay Springs
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.47	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1950	1938