Clay Center vs Wakefield

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

Clay Center and Wakefield 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 1,031 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $56,422 in Clay Center). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $133,600 in Clay Center).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Wakefield
Population	4,148	1,031
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,422	$66,250
Median home value	$133,600	$166,800
Median gross rent	$950	$837
Housing units	2,017	512
Homeownership rate	60.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Wakefield
Population	4,026 → 4,148 (+3.0%)	956 → 1,031 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$44,214 → $56,422 (+27.6%)	$66,389 → $66,250 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $133,600 (+55.2%)	$136,800 → $166,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $950 (+59.1%)	$878 → $837 (-4.7%)

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

Wakefield

Population

9561,031

Median household income

$66,389$66,250

Median home value

$136,800$166,800

Median gross rent

$878$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Wakefield
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.6%
75 and over	14.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	73.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Wakefield
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Wakefield
Drove alone	84.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	9.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	81.4%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Wakefield
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1959	1972