Clayton vs Creve Coeur

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

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

Creve Coeur has the higher population (18,643 vs 17,282 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($128,898 vs $119,454 in Creve Coeur). Clayton has the higher median home value ($799,200 vs $566,100 in Creve Coeur).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
Population	17,282	18,643
Median age	28.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,898	$119,454
Median home value	$799,200	$566,100
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,494
Housing units	6,497	8,668
Homeownership rate	54.7%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.8%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
Population	16,588 → 17,282 (+4.2%)	18,538 → 18,643 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$107,596 → $128,898 (+19.8%)	$96,319 → $119,454 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$633,400 → $799,200 (+26.2%)	$402,300 → $566,100 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,249 → $1,648 (+31.9%)	$1,244 → $1,494 (+20.1%)

Clayton

Population

16,58817,282

Median household income

$107,596$128,898

Median home value

$633,400$799,200

Median gross rent

$1,249$1,648

Creve Coeur

Population

18,53818,643

Median household income

$96,319$119,454

Median home value

$402,300$566,100

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
Under 5	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	27.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.4%
75 and over	5.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	8.8%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.7%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	5.2%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	52.6%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
Drove alone	57.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.2%	20.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
1-unit, detached	32.1%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	16.2%
20 or more units	20.7%	23.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Creve Coeur
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1953	1979