Clay vs Dixon

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

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

Clay has the higher population (1,112 vs 1,034 in Dixon). Clay has the higher median household income ($43,884 vs $39,464 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $75,600 in Clay).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Dixon
Population	1,112	1,034
Median age	31.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,884	$39,464
Median home value	$75,600	$86,700
Median gross rent	$769	$716
Housing units	529	357
Homeownership rate	64.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Dixon
Population	966 → 1,112 (+15.1%)	1,081 → 1,034 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$33,397 → $43,884 (+31.4%)	$40,938 → $39,464 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $75,600 (+17.6%)	$87,900 → $86,700 (-1.4%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $769 (+9.2%)	$642 → $716 (+11.5%)

Clay

Population

9661,112

Median household income

$33,397$43,884

Median home value

$64,300$75,600

Median gross rent

$704$769

Dixon

Population

1,0811,034

Median household income

$40,938$39,464

Median home value

$87,900$86,700

Median gross rent

$642$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Dixon
Under 5	6.5%	0.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	20.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	20.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.3%
75 and over	4.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Dixon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Dixon
No high school diploma	9.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Dixon
Drove alone	88.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Dixon
1-unit, detached	80.9%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Dixon
Poverty rate	13.7%	23.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1965	1966