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Clayton, NC Urban Area

55,072 Population
36.3 square miles 1,518.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$42,340 ±$2,671 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$97,207 ±$9,537 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.9% ±2.7% (3,758  ±1,489) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

32.8 minutes ±1.8 (793,985  ±72,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

20,315 ±722 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (54,981  ±1,886) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.6% ±2.3% (764  ±315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

21,284 ±757 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$330,500 ±$8,557 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13.7% ±3.1% (7,487  ±1,716.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

95.3% ±3.8% (34,147  ±1,898.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
40.3% ±2.8% (14,433  ±1,164.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

7.7% ±1.9% (4,255  ±1,030) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.6% ±1.6% (3,483  ±649) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,483 Total veterans ±649 3,083 Male ±582 400 Female ±226

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