Clay vs Pleasant Grove

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

Clay and Pleasant Grove 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 9,502 in Pleasant Grove). Clay has the higher median household income ($86,163 vs $68,344 in Pleasant Grove). Clay has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $189,100 in Pleasant Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
Population	10,288	9,502
Median age	40.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,163	$68,344
Median home value	$198,400	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,153
Housing units	4,387	3,807
Homeownership rate	93.8%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
Population	9,888 → 10,288 (+4.0%)	9,651 → 9,502 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$74,387 → $86,163 (+15.8%)	$70,526 → $68,344 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $198,400 (+28.0%)	$157,400 → $189,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,373 (+61.9%)	$1,134 → $1,153 (+1.7%)

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

Pleasant Grove

Population

9,6519,502

Median household income

$70,526$68,344

Median home value

$157,400$189,100

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
Under 5	9.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.4%
75 and over	9.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	29.3%
Black or African American	39.4%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
Drove alone	86.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
1-unit, detached	88.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Pleasant Grove
Poverty rate	10.3%	19.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1994	1986