Clay vs Providence

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

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

Providence has the higher population (2,861 vs 1,112 in Clay). Providence has the higher median household income ($53,208 vs $43,884 in Clay). Clay has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $66,800 in Providence).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Providence
Population	1,112	2,861
Median age	31.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,884	$53,208
Median home value	$75,600	$66,800
Median gross rent	$769	$623
Housing units	529	1,520
Homeownership rate	64.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Providence
Population	966 → 1,112 (+15.1%)	3,027 → 2,861 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$33,397 → $43,884 (+31.4%)	$26,129 → $53,208 (+103.6%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $75,600 (+17.6%)	$50,800 → $66,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $769 (+9.2%)	$613 → $623 (+1.6%)

Clay

Population

9661,112

Median household income

$33,397$43,884

Median home value

$64,300$75,600

Median gross rent

$704$769

Providence

Population

3,0272,861

Median household income

$26,129$53,208

Median home value

$50,800$66,800

Median gross rent

$613$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Providence
Under 5	6.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	20.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Providence
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Providence
Drove alone	88.0%	68.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	26.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Providence
1-unit, detached	80.9%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Providence
Poverty rate	13.7%	17.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1965	1967