Clay Center vs Morganville

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

Clay Center and Morganville 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 170 in Morganville). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($56,422 vs $48,021 in Morganville). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $54,400 in Morganville).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Morganville
Population	4,148	170
Median age	42.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,422	$48,021
Median home value	$133,600	$54,400
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	2,017	116
Homeownership rate	60.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Morganville
Population	4,026 → 4,148 (+3.0%)	177 → 170 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$44,214 → $56,422 (+27.6%)	$46,667 → $48,021 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $133,600 (+55.2%)	$55,000 → $54,400 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $950 (+59.1%)	$670 → $681 (+1.6%)

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

Morganville

Population

177170

Median household income

$46,667$48,021

Median home value

$55,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$670$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Morganville
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.6%
75 and over	14.1%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Morganville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	99.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
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	Morganville
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Morganville
Drove alone	84.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
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	Morganville
1-unit, detached	81.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Morganville
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1959	1938