Clay County vs Stanton County

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

Clay County and Stanton 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 5,835 in Stanton County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($78,275 vs $75,938 in Clay County). Stanton County has the higher median home value ($184,300 vs $146,300 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Stanton County
Population	6,084	5,835
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$78,275
Median home value	$146,300	$184,300
Median gross rent	$701	$817
Housing units	2,816	2,475
Homeownership rate	80.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Stanton County
Population	6,203 → 6,084 (-1.9%)	5,957 → 5,835 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$57,173 → $75,938 (+32.8%)	$63,986 → $78,275 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $146,300 (+60.2%)	$119,500 → $184,300 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $701 (+15.5%)	$690 → $817 (+18.4%)

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

Stanton County

Population

5,9575,835

Median household income

$63,986$78,275

Median home value

$119,500$184,300

Median gross rent

$690$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Stanton County
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Stanton County
Drove alone	82.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	87.4%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1957	1971