Clayton vs Ferriday

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Ferriday: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Ferriday are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ferriday has the higher population (3,126 vs 385 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($47,031 vs $27,167 in Ferriday). Ferriday has the higher median home value ($86,600 vs $73,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Ferriday
Population	385	3,126
Median age	40.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$27,167
Median home value	$73,800	$86,600
Median gross rent	$454	$786
Housing units	251	1,590
Homeownership rate	48.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	23.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Ferriday
Population	458 → 385 (-15.9%)	3,312 → 3,126 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$16,534 → $47,031 (+184.5%)	$24,867 → $27,167 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$27,500 → $73,800 (+168.4%)	$48,100 → $86,600 (+80.0%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $454 (-17.0%)	$619 → $786 (+27.0%)

Clayton

Population

458385

Median household income

$16,534$47,031

Median home value

$27,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$547$454

Ferriday

Population

3,3123,126

Median household income

$24,867$27,167

Median home value

$48,100$86,600

Median gross rent

$619$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Ferriday
Under 5	7.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	26.7%
18 to 24	17.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	1.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.8%
75 and over	9.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Ferriday
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	27.0%
Black or African American	61.3%	72.5%
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	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Ferriday
No high school diploma	15.8%	22.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Ferriday
Drove alone	89.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Ferriday
1-unit, detached	59.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Ferriday
Poverty rate	20.3%	59.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1968	1966