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Clayton, NY

1,661 Population
1.6 square miles 1,036.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,195 ±$7,212 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,573 ±$16,031 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±7.2% (321  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±3.4 (17,100  ±4,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

843 ±141 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (1,642  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±7.2% (22  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,219 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$231,800 ±$21,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.8% ±10.5% (407  ±183.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.9% 22,531 (±1.6% / ±1,815)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±20.2% (1,204  ±165.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.4% ±4% (481  ±94.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.3% ±2.4% (71  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 4.6% 5,296
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16% ±6.8% (211  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
211 Total veterans ±96 175 Male ±84 36 Female ±50

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