Clay vs Slaughters

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

Clay and Slaughters 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 171 in Slaughters). Slaughters has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $43,884 in Clay). Clay has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $57,500 in Slaughters).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Slaughters
Population	1,112	171
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,884	$47,500
Median home value	$75,600	$57,500
Median gross rent	$769	$1,068
Housing units	529	99
Homeownership rate	64.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Slaughters
Population	966 → 1,112 (+15.1%)	282 → 171 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$33,397 → $43,884 (+31.4%)	$45,000 → $47,500 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $75,600 (+17.6%)	$70,600 → $57,500 (-18.6%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $769 (+9.2%)	$610 → $1,068 (+75.1%)

Clay

Population

9661,112

Median household income

$33,397$43,884

Median home value

$64,300$75,600

Median gross rent

$704$769

Slaughters

Population

282171

Median household income

$45,000$47,500

Median home value

$70,600$57,500

Median gross rent

$610$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Slaughters
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	20.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.4%
75 and over	4.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Slaughters
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Slaughters
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Slaughters
Drove alone	88.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Slaughters
1-unit, detached	80.9%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Slaughters
Poverty rate	13.7%	18.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1965	1969