Clay City vs Stanton

A side-by-side comparison of Clay City and Stanton: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay City and Stanton are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stanton has the higher population (3,211 vs 1,352 in Clay City). Clay City has the higher median household income ($32,571 vs $29,141 in Stanton). Stanton has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $108,600 in Clay City).

Population, income & housing

	Clay City	Stanton
Population	1,352	3,211
Median age	36.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,571	$29,141
Median home value	$108,600	$127,200
Median gross rent	$609	$820
Housing units	600	1,385
Homeownership rate	42.2%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay City	Stanton
Population	1,124 → 1,352 (+20.3%)	2,710 → 3,211 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$20,789 → $32,571 (+56.7%)	$36,343 → $29,141 (-19.8%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $108,600 (+82.8%)	$117,600 → $127,200 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $609 (-2.2%)	$728 → $820 (+12.6%)

Clay City

Population

1,1241,352

Median household income

$20,789$32,571

Median home value

$59,400$108,600

Median gross rent

$623$609

Stanton

Population

2,7103,211

Median household income

$36,343$29,141

Median home value

$117,600$127,200

Median gross rent

$728$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay City	Stanton
Under 5	8.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	17.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.4%
75 and over	5.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay City	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
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	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay City	Stanton
No high school diploma	40.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay City	Stanton
Drove alone	79.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay City	Stanton
1-unit, detached	51.2%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	17.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Clay City	Stanton
Poverty rate	38.9%	27.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1979	1979