Clay vs Fultondale

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

Clay and Fultondale 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 9,753 in Fultondale). Clay has the higher median household income ($86,163 vs $69,127 in Fultondale). Clay has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $181,900 in Fultondale).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Fultondale
Population	10,288	9,753
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,163	$69,127
Median home value	$198,400	$181,900
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,214
Housing units	4,387	4,608
Homeownership rate	93.8%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Fultondale
Population	9,888 → 10,288 (+4.0%)	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$74,387 → $86,163 (+15.8%)	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $198,400 (+28.0%)	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,373 (+61.9%)	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)

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

Fultondale

Population

9,1799,753

Median household income

$62,825$69,127

Median home value

$147,700$181,900

Median gross rent

$993$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Fultondale
Under 5	9.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.6%
75 and over	9.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Fultondale
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	50.9%
Black or African American	39.4%	35.0%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Fultondale
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Fultondale
Drove alone	86.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Fultondale
1-unit, detached	88.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Fultondale
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1994	1984