Clay Center vs Vining

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

Clay Center and Vining 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 52 in Vining). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($56,422 vs $24,350 in Vining). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $9,999 in Vining).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Vining
Population	4,148	52
Median age	42.1 yrs	80.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,422	$24,350
Median home value	$133,600	$9,999
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	2,017	45
Homeownership rate	60.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Vining
Population	4,026 → 4,148 (+3.0%)	73 → 52 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$44,214 → $56,422 (+27.6%)	$21,473 → $24,350 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $133,600 (+55.2%)	$55,000 → $9,999 (-81.8%)
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

Vining

Population

7352

Median household income

$21,473$24,350

Median home value

$55,000$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Vining
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	25.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	1.9%
75 and over	14.1%	53.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Vining
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	86.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Vining
No high school diploma	8.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	63.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Vining
Drove alone	84.2%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.0%
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%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Vining
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	Vining
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1959	1938