Clay City vs Louisville

A side-by-side comparison of Clay City and Louisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisville has the higher population (1,288 vs 744 in Clay City). Clay City has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $44,318 in Louisville). Louisville has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $75,500 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Louisville
Population	744	1,288
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$44,318
Median home value	$75,500	$86,300
Median gross rent	$585	$629
Housing units	393	578
Homeownership rate	75.2%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Louisville
Population	865 → 744 (-14.0%)	1,049 → 1,288 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$43,409 → $53,750 (+23.8%)	$34,773 → $44,318 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $75,500 (+12.9%)	$71,300 → $86,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $585 (+23.7%)	$536 → $629 (+17.4%)

Clay City

Population

865744

Median household income

$43,409$53,750

Median home value

$66,900$75,500

Median gross rent

$473$585

Louisville

Population

1,0491,288

Median household income

$34,773$44,318

Median home value

$71,300$86,300

Median gross rent

$536$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Louisville
Under 5	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	24.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Louisville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.6%
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	2.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Louisville
No high school diploma	13.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	45.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Louisville
Drove alone	88.9%	95.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Louisville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Louisville
Poverty rate	27.8%	28.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1969	1972