Black River vs Clayton

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

Black River and Clayton are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black River has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,669 in Clayton). Black River has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $57,125 in Clayton). Black River has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $192,900 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Black River	Clayton
Population	1,880	1,669
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$57,125
Median home value	$211,000	$192,900
Median gross rent	$957	$1,057
Housing units	846	1,252
Homeownership rate	62.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River	Clayton
Population	1,246 → 1,880 (+50.9%)	2,029 → 1,669 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $81,111 (+35.8%)	$52,708 → $57,125 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $211,000 (+15.6%)	$155,200 → $192,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $957 (+21.0%)	$888 → $1,057 (+19.0%)

Black River

Population

1,2461,880

Median household income

$59,750$81,111

Median home value

$182,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$791$957

Clayton

Population

2,0291,669

Median household income

$52,708$57,125

Median home value

$155,200$192,900

Median gross rent

$888$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black River	Clayton
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.2%
35 to 44	23.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	17.8%
75 and over	4.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River	Clayton
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River	Clayton
Drove alone	90.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River	Clayton
1-unit, detached	73.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	9.9%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Black River	Clayton
Poverty rate	13.7%	16.9%
Average household size	2.43	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1971	1945