Clayton vs Pittsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Pittsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsboro has the higher population (3,988 vs 874 in Clayton). Pittsboro has the higher median household income ($125,133 vs $83,500 in Clayton). Pittsboro has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $214,900 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Pittsboro
Population	874	3,988
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,500	$125,133
Median home value	$214,900	$289,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	389	1,442
Homeownership rate	72.9%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Pittsboro
Population	1,110 → 874 (-21.3%)	3,396 → 3,988 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$70,893 → $83,500 (+17.8%)	$77,500 → $125,133 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $214,900 (+57.6%)	$162,400 → $289,700 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)	$922 → $1,012 (+9.8%)

Clayton

Population

1,110874

Median household income

$70,893$83,500

Median home value

$136,400$214,900

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

Pittsboro

Population

3,3963,988

Median household income

$77,500$125,133

Median home value

$162,400$289,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Pittsboro
Under 5	5.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.7%
75 and over	6.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Pittsboro
Drove alone	91.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	15.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	86.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	5.1%	0.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1955	2004