Ariton vs Clayhatchee

A side-by-side comparison of Ariton and Clayhatchee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ariton has the higher population (706 vs 490 in Clayhatchee). Clayhatchee has the higher median household income ($53,095 vs $34,943 in Ariton). Ariton has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $98,300 in Clayhatchee).

Population, income & housing

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
Population	706	490
Median age	33.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,943	$53,095
Median home value	$116,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	$804	$799
Housing units	268	289
Homeownership rate	81.6%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
Population	837 → 706 (-15.7%)	644 → 490 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$33,000 → $34,943 (+5.9%)	$52,279 → $53,095 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $116,900 (-0.3%)	$98,600 → $98,300 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$408 → $804 (+97.1%)	$648 → $799 (+23.3%)

Ariton

Population

837706

Median household income

$33,000$34,943

Median home value

$117,200$116,900

Median gross rent

$408$804

Clayhatchee

Population

644490

Median household income

$52,279$53,095

Median home value

$98,600$98,300

Median gross rent

$648$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
Under 5	7.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	6.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	21.2%
65 to 74	4.0%	13.7%
75 and over	5.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	85.3%
Black or African American	11.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
No high school diploma	16.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
Drove alone	87.6%	90.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
1-unit, detached	75.0%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Ariton	Clayhatchee
Poverty rate	27.9%	7.1%
Average household size	3.17	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1976	1980