Clay City vs Xenia

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

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

Clay City has the higher population (744 vs 340 in Xenia). Clay City has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $44,107 in Xenia). Xenia has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $75,500 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Xenia
Population	744	340
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$44,107
Median home value	$75,500	$79,200
Median gross rent	$585	$625
Housing units	393	183
Homeownership rate	75.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Xenia
Population	865 → 744 (-14.0%)	416 → 340 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$43,409 → $53,750 (+23.8%)	$43,750 → $44,107 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $75,500 (+12.9%)	$59,700 → $79,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $585 (+23.7%)	$399 → $625 (+56.6%)

Clay City

Population

865744

Median household income

$43,409$53,750

Median home value

$66,900$75,500

Median gross rent

$473$585

Xenia

Population

416340

Median household income

$43,750$44,107

Median home value

$59,700$79,200

Median gross rent

$399$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Xenia
Under 5	5.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	24.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Xenia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Xenia
No high school diploma	13.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Xenia
Drove alone	88.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Xenia
1-unit, detached	68.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Xenia
Poverty rate	27.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1969	1959