Clay vs Walnut Grove

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

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

Clay has the higher population (1,325 vs 970 in Walnut Grove). Clay has the higher median household income ($115,313 vs $88,269 in Walnut Grove). Clay has the higher median home value ($732,700 vs $657,800 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Walnut Grove
Population	1,325	970
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,313	$88,269
Median home value	$732,700	$657,800
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,380
Housing units	468	506
Homeownership rate	85.3%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Walnut Grove
Population	1,187 → 1,325 (+11.6%)	1,364 → 970 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$88,750 → $115,313 (+29.9%)	$57,600 → $88,269 (+53.2%)
Median home value	$582,500 → $732,700 (+25.8%)	$474,200 → $657,800 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$955 → $1,380 (+44.5%)

Clay

Population

1,1871,325

Median household income

$88,750$115,313

Median home value

$582,500$732,700

Walnut Grove

Population

1,364970

Median household income

$57,600$88,269

Median home value

$474,200$657,800

Median gross rent

$955$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Walnut Grove
Under 5	7.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	19.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	6.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	75.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	20.8%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	80.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	6.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1987	1946