Clayton vs Rising Sun-Lebanon

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Rising Sun-Lebanon: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Rising Sun-Lebanon are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher population (4,195 vs 4,086 in Clayton). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $103,211 in Clayton). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median home value ($388,600 vs $343,700 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	4,086	4,195
Median age	36.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,211	$109,167
Median home value	$343,700	$388,600
Median gross rent	$1,484	$1,749
Housing units	1,123	1,242
Homeownership rate	86.1%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,282 → 4,086 (+24.5%)	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $103,211 (+25.1%)	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$242,900 → $343,700 (+41.5%)	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,484 (+12.7%)	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)

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

Rising Sun-Lebanon

Population

4,0654,195

Median household income

$72,273$109,167

Median home value

$293,300$388,600

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Under 5	8.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	24.6%	23.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	20.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.2%
75 and over	2.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	55.2%
Black or African American	44.4%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Drove alone	69.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	22.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.6%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
1-unit, detached	86.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.5%
Average household size	3.64	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	2004	2002