Blackhawk vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Blackhawk and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

Blackhawk and Clayton are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clayton has the higher population (10,962 vs 10,404 in Blackhawk). Blackhawk has the higher median household income ($239,681 vs $172,226 in Clayton). Blackhawk has the higher median home value ($1,948,900 vs $1,017,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Blackhawk	Clayton
Population	10,404	10,962
Median age	50.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$239,681	$172,226
Median home value	$1,948,900	$1,017,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	3,964	3,975
Homeownership rate	88.6%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.5%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackhawk	Clayton
Population	9,604 → 10,404 (+8.3%)	12,083 → 10,962 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$214,754 → $239,681 (+11.6%)	$157,768 → $172,226 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$1,350,600 → $1,948,900 (+44.3%)	$771,400 → $1,017,300 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,627 → $3,501 (+33.3%)

Blackhawk

Population

9,60410,404

Median household income

$214,754$239,681

Median home value

$1,350,600$1,948,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Clayton

Population

12,08310,962

Median household income

$157,768$172,226

Median home value

$771,400$1,017,300

Median gross rent

$2,627$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackhawk	Clayton
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	18.2%	9.4%
75 and over	8.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackhawk	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	66.3%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	20.3%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackhawk	Clayton
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	10.1%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackhawk	Clayton
Drove alone	48.4%	66.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.2%
Public transit	4.1%	2.3%
Walked	6.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	34.2%	20.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackhawk	Clayton
1-unit, detached	91.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackhawk	Clayton
Poverty rate	5.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1988	1984