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Clay City, IL

744 Population
1.8 square miles 417.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±7.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 41.5 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,155 ±$6,267 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $33,212 † ±$4,371
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$53,750 ±$9,091 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $57,266 † ±$7,107
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

27.8% ±12.6% (207  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 16.7% † 2,160 (±3.7% / ±477)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

25.6 minutes ±13 (8,290  ±4,923) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 26.1 † 136,070 (±3.9 / ±21,981)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

303 ±75 Number of households
  • Clay County: 5,431 ±207
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.3 (744  ±208) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.4 12,827 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.1% ±5.8% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 3.7% † 102 (±2.3% / ±62)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

393 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 6,147 ±41
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$75,500 ±$13,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clay County: $94,300 ±$9,272
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

16.5% ±9.7% (122  ±79.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 14.5% † 1,890 (±4.6% / ±603.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

87% ±28.1% (421  ±90.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 87.7% 8,085 (±6.3% / ±582.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
6.6% ±5.3% (32  ±26.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 15.6% † 1,436 (±3.1% / ±287.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

1.2% ±2% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Clay County: 0.2% 32
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.7% ±4.9% (35  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 8.1% † 821 (±1.4% / ±137)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
35 Total veterans ±27 33 Male ±26 2 Female ±5

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