Clayhatchee vs Grimes

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

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

Grimes has the higher population (515 vs 490 in Clayhatchee). Clayhatchee has the higher median household income ($53,095 vs $32,500 in Grimes). Clayhatchee has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $80,700 in Grimes).

Population, income & housing

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
Population	490	515
Median age	53.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,095	$32,500
Median home value	$98,300	$80,700
Median gross rent	$799	$783
Housing units	289	270
Homeownership rate	79.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
Population	644 → 490 (-23.9%)	717 → 515 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$52,279 → $53,095 (+1.6%)	$40,595 → $32,500 (-19.9%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $98,300 (-0.3%)	$66,000 → $80,700 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $799 (+23.3%)	$933 → $783 (-16.1%)

Clayhatchee

Population

644490

Median household income

$52,279$53,095

Median home value

$98,600$98,300

Median gross rent

$648$799

Grimes

Population

717515

Median household income

$40,595$32,500

Median home value

$66,000$80,700

Median gross rent

$933$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
Under 5	3.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.5%
75 and over	13.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	51.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	46.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
No high school diploma	8.8%	23.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
Drove alone	90.7%	98.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	2.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
1-unit, detached	64.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Clayhatchee	Grimes
Poverty rate	7.1%	27.4%
Average household size	1.99	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1980	1985