Antelope County vs Clay County

A side-by-side comparison of Antelope County and Clay County: population, income, housing, and more.

Antelope County and Clay County are counties in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Antelope County has the higher population (6,302 vs 6,084 in Clay County). Clay County has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $63,750 in Antelope County). Clay County has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $116,900 in Antelope County).

Population, income & housing

	Antelope County	Clay County
Population	6,302	6,084
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$75,938
Median home value	$116,900	$146,300
Median gross rent	$746	$701
Housing units	3,144	2,816
Homeownership rate	75.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antelope County	Clay County
Population	6,341 → 6,302 (-0.6%)	6,203 → 6,084 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$49,912 → $63,750 (+27.7%)	$57,173 → $75,938 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $116,900 (+42.6%)	$91,300 → $146,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $746 (+23.7%)	$607 → $701 (+15.5%)

Antelope County

Population

6,3416,302

Median household income

$49,912$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$116,900

Median gross rent

$603$746

Clay County

Population

6,2036,084

Median household income

$57,173$75,938

Median home value

$91,300$146,300

Median gross rent

$607$701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antelope County	Clay County
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.5%
75 and over	10.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antelope County	Clay County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antelope County	Clay County
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antelope County	Clay County
Drove alone	77.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antelope County	Clay County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Antelope County	Clay County
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1957