Almena vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Almena and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Almena has the higher population (447 vs 57 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($70,313 vs $37,083 in Almena). Since 2019, Almena's population has grown faster (+4.0% vs -6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Almena	Clayton
Population	447	57
Median age	41.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$70,313
Median home value	$60,500	—
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	250	44
Homeownership rate	61.9%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almena	Clayton
Population	430 → 447 (+4.0%)	61 → 57 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $37,083 (-19.3%)	$47,500 → $70,313 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $60,500 (-24.9%)	$27,500 → $42,000 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $667 (+8.8%)	—

Almena

Population

430447

Median household income

$45,938$37,083

Median home value

$80,600$60,500

Median gross rent

$613$667

Clayton

Population

6157

Median household income

$47,500$70,313

Median home value

$27,500$42,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almena	Clayton
Under 5	6.5%	14.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	21.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.3%
75 and over	7.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almena	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almena	Clayton
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almena	Clayton
Drove alone	69.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	0.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almena	Clayton
1-unit, detached	92.4%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Almena	Clayton
Poverty rate	18.1%	42.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1948	1938