Clay Center vs Longford

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

Clay Center and Longford 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 44 in Longford). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($56,422 vs $55,000 in Longford). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $60,000 in Longford).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Longford
Population	4,148	44
Median age	42.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,422	$55,000
Median home value	$133,600	$60,000
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	2,017	35
Homeownership rate	60.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Longford
Population	4,026 → 4,148 (+3.0%)	138 → 44 (-68.1%)
Median household income	$44,214 → $56,422 (+27.6%)	$41,667 → $55,000 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $133,600 (+55.2%)	$59,100 → $60,000 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $950 (+59.1%)	—

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

Longford

Population

13844

Median household income

$41,667$55,000

Median home value

$59,100$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Longford
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	25.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	2.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	34.1%
75 and over	14.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Longford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Longford
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Longford
Drove alone	84.2%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Longford
1-unit, detached	81.4%	94.3%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Longford
Poverty rate	11.5%	22.7%
Average household size	2.11	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	45
Median year structure built	1959	1938