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Clay County, AL

14,192 Population
604 square miles 23.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,812 ±$2,399 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,250 ±$6,691 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±4% (2,431  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±3.3 (142,385  ±19,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,820 ±286 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (13,964  ±10) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.8% (153  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,106 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,700 ±$17,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±2.4% (937  ±340.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±5.8% (8,515  ±602.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±2.8% (1,506  ±281.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.1% (149  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.7% (758  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
758 Total veterans ±191 721 Male ±190 37 Female ±40

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