Clayton vs Mountain City

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Mountain City: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Mountain City are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clayton has the higher population (2,420 vs 1,027 in Mountain City). Clayton has the higher median household income ($57,802 vs $47,159 in Mountain City). Clayton has the higher median home value ($228,100 vs $125,000 in Mountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Mountain City
Population	2,420	1,027
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,802	$47,159
Median home value	$228,100	$125,000
Median gross rent	$868	$961
Housing units	1,203	530
Homeownership rate	63.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Mountain City
Population	1,968 → 2,420 (+23.0%)	1,056 → 1,027 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$33,417 → $57,802 (+73.0%)	$32,266 → $47,159 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $228,100 (+76.8%)	$83,000 → $125,000 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $868 (+31.7%)	$685 → $961 (+40.3%)

Clayton

Population

1,9682,420

Median household income

$33,417$57,802

Median home value

$129,000$228,100

Median gross rent

$659$868

Mountain City

Population

1,0561,027

Median household income

$32,266$47,159

Median home value

$83,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$685$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Mountain City
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.4%
75 and over	12.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Mountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Mountain City
No high school diploma	14.0%	17.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Mountain City
Drove alone	68.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.4%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.2%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Mountain City
1-unit, detached	66.5%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Mountain City
Poverty rate	23.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1980	1984