Clayton vs Spanish Lake

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

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

Spanish Lake has the higher population (18,183 vs 17,282 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($128,898 vs $51,125 in Spanish Lake). Clayton has the higher median home value ($799,200 vs $121,300 in Spanish Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
Population	17,282	18,183
Median age	28.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,898	$51,125
Median home value	$799,200	$121,300
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,073
Housing units	6,497	8,876
Homeownership rate	54.7%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
Population	16,588 → 17,282 (+4.2%)	17,485 → 18,183 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$107,596 → $128,898 (+19.8%)	$37,153 → $51,125 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$633,400 → $799,200 (+26.2%)	$98,800 → $121,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,249 → $1,648 (+31.9%)	$815 → $1,073 (+31.7%)

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

Spanish Lake

Population

17,48518,183

Median household income

$37,153$51,125

Median home value

$98,800$121,300

Median gross rent

$815$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
Under 5	2.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	27.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	5.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	13.4%
Black or African American	8.8%	81.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
No high school diploma	3.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	5.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	52.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
Drove alone	57.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.1%
Public transit	2.0%	0.2%
Walked	12.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
1-unit, detached	32.1%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	20.7%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Spanish Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	17.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1953	1969