Clayton vs Vidalia

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

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

Vidalia has the higher population (3,938 vs 385 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($47,031 vs $45,958 in Vidalia). Vidalia has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $73,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Vidalia
Population	385	3,938
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$45,958
Median home value	$73,800	$141,300
Median gross rent	$454	$1,106
Housing units	251	2,034
Homeownership rate	48.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Vidalia
Population	458 → 385 (-15.9%)	3,968 → 3,938 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$16,534 → $47,031 (+184.5%)	$38,140 → $45,958 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$27,500 → $73,800 (+168.4%)	$101,500 → $141,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $454 (-17.0%)	$1,063 → $1,106 (+4.0%)

Clayton

Population

458385

Median household income

$16,534$47,031

Median home value

$27,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$547$454

Vidalia

Population

3,9683,938

Median household income

$38,140$45,958

Median home value

$101,500$141,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Vidalia
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	17.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	1.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.5%
75 and over	9.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Vidalia
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	76.7%
Black or African American	61.3%	21.5%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Vidalia
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Vidalia
Drove alone	89.9%	91.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Vidalia
1-unit, detached	59.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Vidalia
Poverty rate	20.3%	22.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1968	1966