Clayton vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (18,189 vs 17,282 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($128,898 vs $92,839 in Manchester). Clayton has the higher median home value ($799,200 vs $298,400 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Manchester
Population	17,282	18,189
Median age	28.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,898	$92,839
Median home value	$799,200	$298,400
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,248
Housing units	6,497	7,645
Homeownership rate	54.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.8%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Manchester
Population	16,588 → 17,282 (+4.2%)	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$107,596 → $128,898 (+19.8%)	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$633,400 → $799,200 (+26.2%)	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,249 → $1,648 (+31.9%)	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)

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

Manchester

Population

18,11018,189

Median household income

$77,983$92,839

Median home value

$229,700$298,400

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Manchester
Under 5	2.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	27.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.0%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	73.1%
Black or African American	8.8%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.7%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Manchester
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	5.2%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	52.6%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Manchester
Drove alone	57.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.1%
Walked	12.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	21.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Manchester
1-unit, detached	32.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	21.0%
20 or more units	20.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Manchester
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1953	1976