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Clay city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Clay city is a Census city of 996 people across 0.86 square miles of land, in Webster County. Median household income is $61,250, 66.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Clay
What Clay is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.86 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,156
- County holding the largest share of its areaWebster County, 100.0 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
- Population996
- Median age36.0
- Population under 18211 plus or minus 66
- Share under 1821.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over131 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over13.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households413
- Family households251 plus or minus 58
- Share of households that are families60.8 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$61,250
- Per capita income$28,930
- Civilian labor force534 plus or minus 129
- Employed514 plus or minus 124
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over604
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.5 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay
Housing in Clay
- Housing units507
- Occupied units413
- Vacant units94 plus or minus 44
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Owner occupied274 plus or minus 68
- Renter occupied139 plus or minus 50
- Ownership rate66.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$74,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$772
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent
- Single family units433
- Share single family85.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more29 plus or minus 26
- Share in buildings of two or more5.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes45 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1966
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 commute454 plus or minus 120
- Commuting under 15 minutes165 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.3 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more244 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.7 percent
- Drove alone87.6 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home2.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Webster County, not Clay
Webster County context, not Clay figures
These are Webster 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 Webster County202
- Employment at those establishments, Webster County1,822
- Covered employment, Webster County2,695
- Average annual pay, Webster County$52,524
- Average weekly wage, Webster County$1,010
- Housing units permitted, Webster County4
- Of those, single family, Webster County4
- County product, 2024, Webster County$539,424,000
- County product change over the prior year, Webster County12.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Webster County$41,731
Every figure in this section is published for Webster 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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, Kentucky?
996, in 413 households. Clay city covers 0.86 square miles of land, which is 1,156 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?
Webster County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Clay?
$61,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $74,400. Median gross rent is $772 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 Webster 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.
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