Clayton vs Dover Base Housing

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Dover Base Housing: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Dover Base Housing are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clayton has the higher population (4,086 vs 3,026 in Dover Base Housing). Clayton has the higher median household income ($103,211 vs $71,181 in Dover Base Housing). Since 2019, Clayton's population has grown faster (+24.5% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
Population	4,086	3,026
Median age	36.5 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,211	$71,181
Median home value	$343,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,484	$1,953
Housing units	1,123	1,268
Homeownership rate	86.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
Population	3,282 → 4,086 (+24.5%)	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $103,211 (+25.1%)	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$242,900 → $343,700 (+41.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,484 (+12.7%)	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)

Clayton

Population

3,2824,086

Median household income

$82,500$103,211

Median home value

$242,900$343,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,484

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
Under 5	8.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	26.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	13.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	26.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	1.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	1.8%
75 and over	2.7%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	55.8%
Black or African American	44.4%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
Drove alone	69.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	22.2%	14.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
1-unit, detached	86.3%	4.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	88.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Dover Base Housing
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.4%
Average household size	3.64	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	35	12
Median year structure built	2004	2001