Clayton vs Jasper

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

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

Jasper has the higher population (358 vs 215 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $54,643 in Jasper). Jasper has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $83,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Jasper
Population	215	358
Median age	36.6 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$54,643
Median home value	$83,300	$124,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,333
Housing units	79	143
Homeownership rate	75.7%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Jasper
Population	334 → 215 (-35.6%)	383 → 358 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $57,500 (+22.1%)	$55,625 → $54,643 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $83,300 (+19.9%)	$85,000 → $124,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,000 (+17.6%)	$1,029 → $1,333 (+29.5%)

Clayton

Population

334215

Median household income

$47,083$57,500

Median home value

$69,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,000

Jasper

Population

383358

Median household income

$55,625$54,643

Median home value

$85,000$124,100

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Jasper
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	27.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	26.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.0%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Jasper
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Jasper
No high school diploma	16.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Jasper
Drove alone	83.8%	84.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Jasper
1-unit, detached	91.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Jasper
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1938	1944