Claycomo vs North Kansas City

A side-by-side comparison of Claycomo and North Kansas City: population, income, housing, and more.

Claycomo and North Kansas City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Kansas City has the higher population (4,758 vs 1,994 in Claycomo). Claycomo has the higher median household income ($49,649 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). North Kansas City has the higher median home value ($194,700 vs $151,300 in Claycomo).

Population, income & housing

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
Population	1,994	4,758
Median age	33.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,649	$46,024
Median home value	$151,300	$194,700
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,146
Housing units	828	3,260
Homeownership rate	54.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
Population	1,586 → 1,994 (+25.7%)	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$49,102 → $49,649 (+1.1%)	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $151,300 (+44.0%)	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,035 (+41.8%)	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)

Claycomo

Population

1,5861,994

Median household income

$49,102$49,649

Median home value

$105,100$151,300

Median gross rent

$730$1,035

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
Under 5	10.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	15.1%
75 and over	4.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	64.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
Drove alone	81.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	9.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
1-unit, detached	50.2%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	19.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claycomo	North Kansas City
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.60	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1964	1974