Brazil vs Clay City

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

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

Brazil has the higher population (8,064 vs 1,186 in Clay City). Clay City has the higher median household income ($68,036 vs $49,331 in Brazil). Brazil has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $86,700 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Brazil	Clay City
Population	8,064	1,186
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,331	$68,036
Median home value	$105,900	$86,700
Median gross rent	$824	$706
Housing units	3,798	584
Homeownership rate	65.5%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brazil	Clay City
Population	8,380 → 8,064 (-3.8%)	852 → 1,186 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$43,428 → $49,331 (+13.6%)	$40,313 → $68,036 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $105,900 (+27.4%)	$67,500 → $86,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $824 (+12.9%)	$605 → $706 (+16.7%)

Brazil

Population

8,3808,064

Median household income

$43,428$49,331

Median home value

$83,100$105,900

Median gross rent

$730$824

Clay City

Population

8521,186

Median household income

$40,313$68,036

Median home value

$67,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$605$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brazil	Clay City
Under 5	5.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	27.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.7%
75 and over	9.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brazil	Clay City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brazil	Clay City
No high school diploma	16.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brazil	Clay City
Drove alone	78.2%	66.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	25.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brazil	Clay City
1-unit, detached	73.5%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Brazil	Clay City
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1960	1943