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Population (year 2000): 861. Estimated
population in July 2005: 813 (-5.6% change)
Males: 411 (47.7%), Females: 450 (52.3%)
Clay County
Zip code:
68933
Median resident age: 38.3 years
Median household income: $36,597 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,700 (year 2000)
Races in Clay Center:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.0%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (46.1%), Irish (15.1%),
English (10.3%), Swedish (7.0%), United States (6.3%), Norwegian
(5.7%).
Elevation: 1790 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Clay Center
- High school or higher: 94.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.6%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Clay Center city
- Never married: 20.9%
- Now married: 63.3%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 6.6%
3.0% Foreign born (1.4% Asia, 0.5% Europe, 0.5%
Oceania, 0.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +37 (+4.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Clay Center:
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; AURORA, NE)
- MARY LANNING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
HASTINGS, NE)
- HASTINGS REGIONAL CENTER (about 25 miles; HASTINGS,
NE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Clay
Center:
- HASTINGS MUNI (about 26 miles; HASTINGS, NE; ID:
HSI)
- CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL (about 35 miles; GRAND
ISLAND, NE; ID: GRI)
- KEARNEY MUNI (about 67 miles; KEARNEY, NE; ID: EAR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clay Center:
- HARVARD STATE (about 9 miles; HARVARD, NE; ID: 08K)
- AURORA MUNICIPAL - AL POTTER FIELD (about 26 miles;
AURORA, NE; ID: AUH)
- SUPERIOR MUNI (about 34 miles; SUPERIOR, NE; ID:
12K)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Clay Center:
- CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GRAND
ISLAND, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,730)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 74 miles;
KEARNEY, NE; FT enrollment: 5,588)
- SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 96 miles;
LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 5,137)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 97 miles;
LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 19,806)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 101 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 137 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 137 miles; MANHATTAN,
KS; FT enrollment: 19,210)
Public high school in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 109;
Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 92;
Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$28,754; Location: 117 WEST EDGAR STREET; 13,944 books;
489 audio materials; 1,445 video materials; 62 serial
subscriptions)
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