Clay vs Forestdale

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

Clay and Forestdale 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 9,149 in Forestdale). Clay has the higher median household income ($86,163 vs $57,145 in Forestdale). Clay has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $150,700 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Forestdale
Population	10,288	9,149
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,163	$57,145
Median home value	$198,400	$150,700
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,094
Housing units	4,387	4,378
Homeownership rate	93.8%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Forestdale
Population	9,888 → 10,288 (+4.0%)	8,924 → 9,149 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$74,387 → $86,163 (+15.8%)	$59,041 → $57,145 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $198,400 (+28.0%)	$122,800 → $150,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,373 (+61.9%)	$791 → $1,094 (+38.3%)

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

Forestdale

Population

8,9249,149

Median household income

$59,041$57,145

Median home value

$122,800$150,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Forestdale
Under 5	9.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.8%
75 and over	9.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Forestdale
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	18.9%
Black or African American	39.4%	78.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Forestdale
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Forestdale
Drove alone	86.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Forestdale
1-unit, detached	88.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	7.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Forestdale
Poverty rate	10.3%	18.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1994	1970