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Clayton town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Clayton town is a Census town of 4,222 people across 1.95 square miles of land, lying across Kent County and New Castle County. Median household income is $107,307, 89.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Clayton
What Clayton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.95 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,168
- County holding the largest share of its areaKent County, 89.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inKent County 89.6 percent, New Castle County 10.4 percent
Clayton town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clayton
How many people live in Clayton
- Population4,222
- Median age37.1
- Population under 181,245
- Share under 1829.5 percent
- Population 65 and over400 plus or minus 155
- Share 65 and over9.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,195
- Family households947
- Share of households that are families79.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clayton
Income and work in Clayton
- Median household income$107,307
- Per capita income$35,288
- Civilian labor force2,180
- Employed2,151
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over2,806
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.1 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clayton
Housing in Clayton
- Housing units1,195
- Occupied units1,195
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,070
- Renter occupied125 plus or minus 82
- Ownership rate89.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$361,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,621
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.1 percent
- Single family units1,142
- Share single family95.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more20 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more1.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built2005
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clayton
How Clayton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,846
- Commuting under 15 minutes222 plus or minus 135
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,086 plus or minus 272
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.8 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Drove alone68.4 percent
- Carpooled19.5 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home11.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clayton
SBA 7(a) lending to Clayton borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$3,658,700
- Average approval$243,913
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$352,700
- Largest approval$1,790,000
- Jobs supported52
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.3 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clayton
SBA 504 lending to Clayton borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,258,000
- Average approval$629,000
- Median approval$835,000
- Largest approval$835,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kent County, not Clayton
Kent County context, not Clayton figures
These are Kent County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clayton measurements.
- Establishments in Kent County4,971
- Employment at those establishments, Kent County61,078
- Covered employment, Kent County71,071
- Average annual pay, Kent County$57,464
- Average weekly wage, Kent County$1,105
- Housing units permitted, Kent County1,201
- Of those, single family, Kent County1,056
- County product, 2024, Kent County$11,652,246,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kent County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kent County$57,874
Every figure in this section is published for Kent County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clayton. 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
Clayton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clayton, Delaware?
4,222, in 1,195 households. Clayton town covers 1.95 square miles of land, which is 2,168 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clayton in?
Clayton lies in more than one. By area it is 89.6 percent in Kent County, 10.4 percent in New Castle County. This page sits under Kent County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Clayton?
$107,307. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $361,300. Median gross rent is $1,621 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clayton businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clayton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clayton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clayton. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Clayton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kent 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 Clayton.
Is zoning published for Clayton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.