Clay vs Wheatcroft

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

Clay and Wheatcroft 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 125 in Wheatcroft). Clay has the higher median household income ($43,884 vs $43,750 in Wheatcroft). Clay has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $71,300 in Wheatcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Wheatcroft
Population	1,112	125
Median age	31.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,884	$43,750
Median home value	$75,600	$71,300
Median gross rent	$769	$783
Housing units	529	70
Homeownership rate	64.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Wheatcroft
Population	966 → 1,112 (+15.1%)	156 → 125 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$33,397 → $43,884 (+31.4%)	$40,000 → $43,750 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $75,600 (+17.6%)	$44,000 → $71,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $769 (+9.2%)	$738 → $783 (+6.1%)

Clay

Population

9661,112

Median household income

$33,397$43,884

Median home value

$64,300$75,600

Median gross rent

$704$769

Wheatcroft

Population

156125

Median household income

$40,000$43,750

Median home value

$44,000$71,300

Median gross rent

$738$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Wheatcroft
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	20.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	31.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.6%
75 and over	4.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Wheatcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Wheatcroft
No high school diploma	9.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Wheatcroft
Drove alone	88.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Wheatcroft
1-unit, detached	80.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Wheatcroft
Poverty rate	13.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.58	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1965	1982