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Clay Center, KS

4,154 Population
3.2 square miles 1,301.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 43.1 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,465 ±$2,698 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $32,628 ±$2,179
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$53,208 ±$8,837 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $57,765 † ±$5,813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

11.8% ±5% (478  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 11.4% † 899 (±3.7% / ±291)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.5 minutes ±3.7 (26,675  ±7,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Clay County: 21.4 76,595 (±2 / ±9,349)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

1,901 ±126 Number of households
  • Clay County: 3,570 ±133
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±0.1 (4,027  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 2.2 7,913 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

12.4% ±9% (85  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 8.7% † 131 (±5.2% / ±78)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

2,064 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 3,935 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$120,000 ±$11,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $136,600 ±$11,941
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

15.5% ±5.2% (639  ±,215.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 12.9% † 1,031 (±3.2% / ±,258.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

93.2% ±11.2% (2,649  ±339) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 94.3% 5,341 (±7% / ±,401.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
24.3% ±5.4% (689  ±156) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 26.4% † 1,493 (±3.5% / ±,201.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

0.7% ±0.8% (30  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 0.6% 50
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

13.3% ±3.8% (411  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 15.6% † 951 (±3% / ±183)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
411 Total veterans ±119 411 Male ±119 N/A Female ±11

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