Clayton vs Discovery Bay

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

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

Discovery Bay has the higher population (15,243 vs 10,962 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($172,226 vs $154,792 in Discovery Bay). Clayton has the higher median home value ($1,017,300 vs $789,400 in Discovery Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
Population	10,962	15,243
Median age	44.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$172,226	$154,792
Median home value	$1,017,300	$789,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,897
Housing units	3,975	6,101
Homeownership rate	90.3%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
Population	12,083 → 10,962 (-9.3%)	16,159 → 15,243 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$157,768 → $172,226 (+9.2%)	$130,547 → $154,792 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$771,400 → $1,017,300 (+31.9%)	$615,900 → $789,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,627 → $3,501 (+33.3%)	$2,541 → $2,897 (+14.0%)

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

Discovery Bay

Population

16,15915,243

Median household income

$130,547$154,792

Median home value

$615,900$789,400

Median gross rent

$2,541$2,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
Under 5	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.8%
75 and over	6.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	2.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
No high school diploma	1.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	11.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
Drove alone	66.3%	66.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.3%	18.9%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
1-unit, detached	85.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Discovery Bay
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	39	42
Median year structure built	1984	1995