Clayton vs Louisville

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

Clayton and Louisville 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 625 in Louisville). Louisville has the higher median household income ($43,886 vs $32,625 in Clayton). Since 2019, Louisville's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Louisville
Population	2,271	625
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,625	$43,886
Median home value	$82,100	—
Median gross rent	$753	$510
Housing units	597	355
Homeownership rate	48.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Louisville
Population	2,884 → 2,271 (-21.3%)	604 → 625 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$27,639 → $32,625 (+18.0%)	$21,600 → $43,886 (+103.2%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $82,100 (+1.7%)	$69,400 → $73,900 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$440 → $753 (+71.1%)	$553 → $510 (-7.8%)

Clayton

Population

2,8842,271

Median household income

$27,639$32,625

Median home value

$80,700$82,100

Median gross rent

$440$753

Louisville

Population

604625

Median household income

$21,600$43,886

Median home value

$69,400$73,900

Median gross rent

$553$510

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Louisville
Under 5	1.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	19.7%	19.0%
35 to 44	23.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.7%
75 and over	6.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.2%	42.7%
Black or African American	59.4%	38.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Louisville
No high school diploma	32.7%	18.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Louisville
Drove alone	91.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Louisville
1-unit, detached	56.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Louisville
Poverty rate	23.8%	23.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1969	1980