Blue Springs vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Springs and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Springs and Clayton are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clayton has the higher population (2,271 vs 95 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $32,625 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median home value ($82,100 vs $72,100 in Blue Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Clayton
Population	95	2,271
Median age	61.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$32,625
Median home value	$72,100	$82,100
Median gross rent	—	$753
Housing units	49	597
Homeownership rate	95.6%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Clayton
Population	79 → 95 (+20.3%)	2,884 → 2,271 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $50,625 (+30.6%)	$27,639 → $32,625 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)	$80,700 → $82,100 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$440 → $753 (+71.1%)

Blue Springs

Population

7995

Median household income

$38,750$50,625

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Clayton

Population

2,8842,271

Median household income

$27,639$32,625

Median home value

$80,700$82,100

Median gross rent

$440$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Clayton
Under 5	4.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	2.1%	19.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	23.7%
45 to 54	16.8%	19.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	29.5%	7.3%
75 and over	17.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	35.2%
Black or African American	17.9%	59.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Clayton
No high school diploma	5.7%	32.7%
High school graduate	56.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Clayton
Drove alone	88.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Clayton
1-unit, detached	63.3%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	26.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Clayton
Poverty rate	7.4%	23.8%
Average household size	2.11	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1979	1969