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Clay city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Clay city is a Census city of 10,273 people across 11.28 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $81,920, 90.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Clay
What Clay is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.28 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land911
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 99.5 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
How many people live in Clay
- Population10,273
- Median age39.9
- Population under 182,894 plus or minus 628
- Share under 1828.2 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over1,944 plus or minus 486
- Share 65 and over18.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households3,740
- Family households3,004
- Share of households that are families80.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
Income and work in Clay
- Median household income$81,920 plus or minus $21,822
- Per capita income$30,802
- Civilian labor force5,030
- Employed4,800
- Unemployed230 plus or minus 146
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over6,746
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
Housing in Clay
- Housing units4,335
- Occupied units3,740
- Vacant units595 plus or minus 324
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Owner occupied3,385
- Renter occupied355 plus or minus 201
- Ownership rate90.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,240
- Annual rent as a share of median income32.8 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Single family units4,040
- Share single family93.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more295 plus or minus 317
- Share in buildings of two or more6.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
How Clay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,454
- Commuting under 15 minutes503 plus or minus 328
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,416 plus or minus 485
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.2 percent
- Drove alone89.2 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
SBA 504 lending to Clay borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$462,000
- Average approval$462,000
- Median approval$462,000
- Largest approval$462,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Clay
Jefferson County context, not Clay figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clay measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County16,989
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County341,042
- Covered employment, Jefferson County367,081
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,562
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,376
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,117
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,536
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$65,539,202,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$73,144
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clay. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Clay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clay, Alabama?
10,273, in 3,740 households. Clay city covers 11.28 square miles of land, which is 911 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clay in?
Jefferson County, which holds 99.5 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Clay?
$81,920. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,600. Median gross rent is $2,240 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Clay figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Clay.
Is zoning published for Clay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.