Clay County vs Fillmore County

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

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

Clay County has the higher population (6,084 vs 5,551 in Fillmore County). Fillmore County has the higher median household income ($76,354 vs $75,938 in Clay County). Clay County has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $131,200 in Fillmore County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Fillmore County
Population	6,084	5,551
Median age	40.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$76,354
Median home value	$146,300	$131,200
Median gross rent	$701	$667
Housing units	2,816	2,733
Homeownership rate	80.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Fillmore County
Population	6,203 → 6,084 (-1.9%)	5,547 → 5,551 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$57,173 → $75,938 (+32.8%)	$60,313 → $76,354 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $146,300 (+60.2%)	$80,100 → $131,200 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $701 (+15.5%)	$561 → $667 (+18.9%)

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

Fillmore County

Population

5,5475,551

Median household income

$60,313$76,354

Median home value

$80,100$131,200

Median gross rent

$561$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Fillmore County
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	8.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Fillmore County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Fillmore County
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Fillmore County
Drove alone	82.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Fillmore County
1-unit, detached	87.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Fillmore County
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1957	1958