Clayton vs Liberty

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

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

Clayton has the higher population (597 vs 423 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $63,438 in Clayton). Liberty has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $90,000 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Liberty
Population	597	423
Median age	49.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$85,417
Median home value	$90,000	$124,000
Median gross rent	$578	$1,036
Housing units	321	151
Homeownership rate	73.4%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Liberty
Population	582 → 597 (+2.6%)	489 → 423 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $63,438 (+74.0%)	$60,625 → $85,417 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $90,000 (+33.7%)	$95,900 → $124,000 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$403 → $578 (+43.4%)	$734 → $1,036 (+41.1%)

Clayton

Population

582597

Median household income

$36,458$63,438

Median home value

$67,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$403$578

Liberty

Population

489423

Median household income

$60,625$85,417

Median home value

$95,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Liberty
Under 5	1.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.0%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	5.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
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	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Liberty
No high school diploma	21.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	50.1%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Liberty
Drove alone	89.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Liberty
1-unit, detached	78.8%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Liberty
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1964	1968