Clayton vs Payson

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

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

Payson has the higher population (1,030 vs 597 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $62,262 in Payson). Payson has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $90,000 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Payson
Population	597	1,030
Median age	49.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$62,262
Median home value	$90,000	$118,000
Median gross rent	$578	$967
Housing units	321	409
Homeownership rate	73.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Payson
Population	582 → 597 (+2.6%)	1,107 → 1,030 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $63,438 (+74.0%)	$59,926 → $62,262 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $90,000 (+33.7%)	$95,100 → $118,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$403 → $578 (+43.4%)	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)

Clayton

Population

582597

Median household income

$36,458$63,438

Median home value

$67,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$403$578

Payson

Population

1,1071,030

Median household income

$59,926$62,262

Median home value

$95,100$118,000

Median gross rent

$595$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Payson
Under 5	1.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.8%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Payson
No high school diploma	21.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	50.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Payson
Drove alone	89.0%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Payson
1-unit, detached	78.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Payson
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.2%
Average household size	1.95	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1964	1973