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Clay Center, KS

4,148 Population
3.2 square miles 1,300 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 43.1 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,328 ±$3,081 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clay County: $35,913 ±$2,264
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$56,422 ±$3,136 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $63,136 ±$5,881
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.5% ±5.7% (463  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 12.9% † 1,018 (±3.7% / ±294)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

18.9 minutes ±3.9 (27,945  ±7,639) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Clay County: 23.3 79,360 (±2.3 / ±10,289)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,900 ±130 Number of households
  • Clay County: 3,629 ±118
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.1 (4,005  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 2.2 7,881 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

15.5% ±9.6% (109  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 9.9% † 151 (±5.1% / ±78)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

2,017 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 3,940 ±26
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$133,600 ±$22,100 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $149,600 ±$14,734
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

17.7% ±6.5% (728  ±269.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 15.1% † 1,212 (±3.9% / ±314.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92% ±11.5% (2,587  ±346.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 93.2% 5,312 (±7.3% / ±417.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
17.6% ±5% (494  ±142.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 23.4% † 1,331 (±3.8% / ±218.1)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.8% (37  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 0.7% 57
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

17.2% ±4.9% (534  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 16.6% † 1,019 (±3.2% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
534 Total veterans ±155 431 Male ±127 103 Female ±83

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