Britton vs Clayton

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

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

Britton has the higher population (695 vs 215 in Clayton). Britton has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $57,500 in Clayton). Britton has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $83,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Britton	Clayton
Population	695	215
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$57,500
Median home value	$157,500	$83,300
Median gross rent	$888	$1,000
Housing units	309	79
Homeownership rate	82.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Britton	Clayton
Population	641 → 695 (+8.4%)	334 → 215 (-35.6%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $78,125 (+36.9%)	$47,083 → $57,500 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $157,500 (+44.9%)	$69,500 → $83,300 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $888 (+4.5%)	$850 → $1,000 (+17.6%)

Britton

Population

641695

Median household income

$57,083$78,125

Median home value

$108,700$157,500

Median gross rent

$850$888

Clayton

Population

334215

Median household income

$47,083$57,500

Median home value

$69,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Britton	Clayton
Under 5	11.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	27.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	20.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Britton	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Britton	Clayton
No high school diploma	3.5%	16.1%
High school graduate	52.4%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Britton	Clayton
Drove alone	77.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Britton	Clayton
1-unit, detached	88.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Britton	Clayton
Poverty rate	11.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1954	1938