Clayton vs Ridgecrest

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

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

Ridgecrest has the higher population (718 vs 385 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($47,031 vs $41,750 in Ridgecrest). Clayton has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $57,500 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
Population	385	718
Median age	40.8 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$41,750
Median home value	$73,800	$57,500
Median gross rent	$454	$948
Housing units	251	284
Homeownership rate	48.4%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
Population	458 → 385 (-15.9%)	847 → 718 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$16,534 → $47,031 (+184.5%)	$22,353 → $41,750 (+86.8%)
Median home value	$27,500 → $73,800 (+168.4%)	$46,900 → $57,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $454 (-17.0%)	$492 → $948 (+92.7%)

Clayton

Population

458385

Median household income

$16,534$47,031

Median home value

$27,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$547$454

Ridgecrest

Population

847718

Median household income

$22,353$41,750

Median home value

$46,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$492$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
Under 5	7.5%	13.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	17.1%	24.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	1.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	2.6%
75 and over	9.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	42.1%
Black or African American	61.3%	39.1%
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%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	15.8%	18.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	89.9%	93.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	59.0%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	20.3%	21.7%
Average household size	2.45	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1968	1967