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Clayton, NC

28,043 Population
16.7 square miles 1,675.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,285 ±$2,895 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $49,462 ±$517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$73,348 ±$6,266 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,066 ±$1,180
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.1% ±3.7% (2,236  ±1,033) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 121,749 (±0.4% / ±5,784)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

32 minutes ±1.9 (398,940  ±42,611) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.9 15,382,645 (±0.2 / ±199,852)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,341 ±485 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 555,371 ±2,098
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.1 (27,905  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,425,138 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.7% ±2.7% (334  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,954 (±0.4% / ±1,468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

10,927 ±523 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 601,103 ±233
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$292,400 ±$12,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $381,000 ±$3,041
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.6% ±4.4% (4,062  ±1,207.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.3% 205,709 (±0.5% / ±7,068.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.7% ±6.4% (16,813  ±1,298) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.9% 913,703 (±0.8% / ±8,178.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
35.6% ±3.9% (6,310  ±738) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.2% 493,829 (±0.6% / ±5,677.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

9.5% ±3.4% (2,651  ±960) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.1% 190,438
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8% ±2.1% (1,596  ±428) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 68,663 (±0.2% / ±2,244)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,596 Total veterans ±428 1,391 Male ±369 205 Female ±188

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