Clay City vs Knightsville

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

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

Clay City has the higher population (1,186 vs 612 in Knightsville). Clay City has the higher median household income ($68,036 vs $50,096 in Knightsville). Knightsville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $86,700 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Knightsville
Population	1,186	612
Median age	34.4 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,036	$50,096
Median home value	$86,700	$106,000
Median gross rent	$706	$935
Housing units	584	305
Homeownership rate	63.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Knightsville
Population	852 → 1,186 (+39.2%)	707 → 612 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $68,036 (+68.8%)	$48,417 → $50,096 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $86,700 (+28.4%)	$70,200 → $106,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $706 (+16.7%)	$878 → $935 (+6.5%)

Clay City

Population

8521,186

Median household income

$40,313$68,036

Median home value

$67,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$605$706

Knightsville

Population

707612

Median household income

$48,417$50,096

Median home value

$70,200$106,000

Median gross rent

$878$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Knightsville
Under 5	2.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	27.7%	7.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	19.1%
75 and over	4.9%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Knightsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Knightsville
No high school diploma	16.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Knightsville
Drove alone	66.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	25.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Knightsville
1-unit, detached	63.0%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Knightsville
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.54	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1943	1960