Clayton vs Loraine

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

Clayton and Loraine 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 407 in Loraine). Clayton has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $56,855 in Loraine). Clayton has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $88,100 in Loraine).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Loraine
Population	597	407
Median age	49.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$56,855
Median home value	$90,000	$88,100
Median gross rent	$578	$629
Housing units	321	189
Homeownership rate	73.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Loraine
Population	582 → 597 (+2.6%)	362 → 407 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $63,438 (+74.0%)	$51,818 → $56,855 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $90,000 (+33.7%)	$86,800 → $88,100 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$403 → $578 (+43.4%)	$618 → $629 (+1.8%)

Clayton

Population

582597

Median household income

$36,458$63,438

Median home value

$67,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$403$578

Loraine

Population

362407

Median household income

$51,818$56,855

Median home value

$86,800$88,100

Median gross rent

$618$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Loraine
Under 5	1.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	23.3%
75 and over	7.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Loraine
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	10.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Loraine
No high school diploma	21.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	50.1%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Loraine
Drove alone	89.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	9.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Loraine
1-unit, detached	78.8%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Loraine
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1964	1953