Clay vs Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Clay and Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clay has the higher population (10,288 vs 9,846 in Fairfield). Clay has the higher median household income ($86,163 vs $48,492 in Fairfield). Clay has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $120,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Fairfield
Population	10,288	9,846
Median age	40.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,163	$48,492
Median home value	$198,400	$120,100
Median gross rent	$1,373	$997
Housing units	4,387	4,732
Homeownership rate	93.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Fairfield
Population	9,888 → 10,288 (+4.0%)	10,720 → 9,846 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$74,387 → $86,163 (+15.8%)	$40,652 → $48,492 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $198,400 (+28.0%)	$99,100 → $120,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,373 (+61.9%)	$754 → $997 (+32.2%)

Clay

Population

9,88810,288

Median household income

$74,387$86,163

Median home value

$155,000$198,400

Median gross rent

$848$1,373

Fairfield

Population

10,7209,846

Median household income

$40,652$48,492

Median home value

$99,100$120,100

Median gross rent

$754$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Fairfield
Under 5	9.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.5%
75 and over	9.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	6.9%
Black or African American	39.4%	90.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Fairfield
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Fairfield
Drove alone	86.6%	64.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	88.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Fairfield
Poverty rate	10.3%	30.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1994	1960