Cement City vs Clayton

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

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

Cement City has the higher population (584 vs 215 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $50,750 in Cement City). Cement City has the higher median home value ($100,900 vs $83,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Cement City	Clayton
Population	584	215
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,750	$57,500
Median home value	$100,900	$83,300
Median gross rent	$888	$1,000
Housing units	239	79
Homeownership rate	77.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cement City	Clayton
Population	482 → 584 (+21.2%)	334 → 215 (-35.6%)
Median household income	$41,023 → $50,750 (+23.7%)	$47,083 → $57,500 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $100,900 (+37.8%)	$69,500 → $83,300 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $888 (+28.0%)	$850 → $1,000 (+17.6%)

Cement City

Population

482584

Median household income

$41,023$50,750

Median home value

$73,200$100,900

Median gross rent

$694$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)

	Cement City	Clayton
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	27.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cement City	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cement City	Clayton
No high school diploma	19.2%	16.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cement City	Clayton
Drove alone	79.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cement City	Clayton
1-unit, detached	82.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cement City	Clayton
Poverty rate	25.3%	21.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1949	1938