Clay City vs Lewis

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

Clay City and Lewis 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 583 in Lewis). Since 2019, Clay City's population has grown faster (+39.2% vs -2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Lewis
Population	1,186	583
Median age	34.4 yrs	24.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,036	—
Median home value	$86,700	—
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	584	167
Homeownership rate	63.4%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Lewis
Population	852 → 1,186 (+39.2%)	596 → 583 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $68,036 (+68.8%)	—
Median home value	$67,500 → $86,700 (+28.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$605 → $706 (+16.7%)	—

Clay City

Population

8521,186

Median household income

$40,313$68,036

Median home value

$67,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$605$706

Lewis

Population

596583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Lewis
Under 5	2.3%	44.1%
5 to 17	27.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	27.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	25.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	1.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	0.0%
75 and over	4.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Lewis
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Lewis
Drove alone	66.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	25.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Lewis
1-unit, detached	63.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Lewis
Poverty rate	12.4%	71.2%
Average household size	2.54	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1943	—