Clay Springs vs Fort Apache

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Springs and Fort Apache: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay Springs and Fort Apache are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Apache has the higher population (239 vs 205 in Clay Springs). Clay Springs has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $55,500 in Fort Apache). Since 2019, Fort Apache's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs -60.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
Population	205	239
Median age	66.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,955	—
Median home value	$152,300	$55,500
Housing units	144	81
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
Population	523 → 205 (-60.8%)	189 → 239 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$41,023 → $52,955 (+29.1%)	$76,250 → $73,393 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $152,300 (+0.7%)	$70,800 → $55,500 (-21.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$427 → $425 (-0.5%)

Clay Springs

Population

523205

Median household income

$41,023$52,955

Median home value

$151,300$152,300

Fort Apache

Population

189239

Median household income

$76,250$73,393

Median home value

$70,800$55,500

Median gross rent

$427$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	2.9%	41.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.5%
35 to 44	2.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	31.7%	3.8%
65 to 74	42.9%	2.9%
75 and over	11.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	93.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
No high school diploma	10.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	14.9%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
Drove alone	86.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
1-unit, detached	68.1%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Clay Springs	Fort Apache
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.4%
Average household size	1.63	3.14
Median year structure built	1990	1994