Clay Center vs Green

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Center and Green: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay Center and Green are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay Center has the higher population (4,148 vs 121 in Green). Green has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $56,422 in Clay Center). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $81,800 in Green).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Green
Population	4,148	121
Median age	42.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,422	$80,250
Median home value	$133,600	$81,800
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	2,017	56
Homeownership rate	60.0%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Green
Population	4,026 → 4,148 (+3.0%)	173 → 121 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$44,214 → $56,422 (+27.6%)	$63,214 → $80,250 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $133,600 (+55.2%)	$49,500 → $81,800 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $950 (+59.1%)	$725 → $525 (-27.6%)

Clay Center

Population

4,0264,148

Median household income

$44,214$56,422

Median home value

$86,100$133,600

Median gross rent

$597$950

Green

Population

173121

Median household income

$63,214$80,250

Median home value

$49,500$81,800

Median gross rent

$725$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Green
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	28.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	25.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	5.8%
75 and over	14.1%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Green
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	71.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Green
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Green
Drove alone	84.2%	70.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	15.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Green
1-unit, detached	81.4%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Green
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1959	1938