Clay Center - Edgar is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 2,616 people and just one neighborhood, Clay Center - Edgar is the 89th largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Clay Center - Edgar was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Clay Center - Edgar is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clay Center - Edgar is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay Center - Edgar who work in management occupations (16.15%), office and administrative support (12.25%), and farm management occupations (7.37%).
A relatively large number of people in Clay Center - Edgar telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.28% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Overall, Clay Center - Edgar’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In terms of college education, Clay Center - Edgar is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.68% of adults 25 and older in Clay Center - Edgar have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Clay Center - Edgar in 2022 was $32,465, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,860 for a family of four. However, Clay Center - Edgar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clay Center - Edgar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clay Center - Edgar residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clay Center - Edgar include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Clay Center - Edgar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.2% have Danish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clay Center - Edgar are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.8% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.4%), and 14.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Clay Center - Edgar, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report English roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.