Clayton vs Contra Costa Centre

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Contra Costa Centre: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Contra Costa Centre 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 7,127 in Contra Costa Centre). Clayton has the higher median household income ($172,226 vs $127,910 in Contra Costa Centre). Clayton has the higher median home value ($1,017,300 vs $724,500 in Contra Costa Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
Population	10,962	7,127
Median age	44.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$172,226	$127,910
Median home value	$1,017,300	$724,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,621
Housing units	3,975	3,744
Homeownership rate	90.3%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
Population	12,083 → 10,962 (-9.3%)	6,558 → 7,127 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$157,768 → $172,226 (+9.2%)	$97,684 → $127,910 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$771,400 → $1,017,300 (+31.9%)	$666,100 → $724,500 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,627 → $3,501 (+33.3%)	$2,223 → $2,621 (+17.9%)

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

Contra Costa Centre

Population

6,5587,127

Median household income

$97,684$127,910

Median home value

$666,100$724,500

Median gross rent

$2,223$2,621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
Under 5	3.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	8.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	32.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.7%
75 and over	6.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	43.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.2%	26.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	2.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	11.5%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
Drove alone	66.3%	43.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.1%
Public transit	2.3%	21.5%
Walked	2.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.3%	23.0%
Other means	1.2%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
1-unit, detached	85.3%	7.3%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	65.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Contra Costa Centre
Poverty rate	2.2%	9.8%
Average household size	2.76	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	1984	1991