Carthage vs Clayton

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (3,546 vs 1,669 in Clayton). Carthage has the higher median household income ($58,356 vs $57,125 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $126,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Clayton
Population	3,546	1,669
Median age	27.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,356	$57,125
Median home value	$126,300	$192,900
Median gross rent	$959	$1,057
Housing units	1,615	1,252
Homeownership rate	49.0%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Clayton
Population	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)	2,029 → 1,669 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)	$52,708 → $57,125 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)	$155,200 → $192,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)	$888 → $1,057 (+19.0%)

Carthage

Population

3,4053,546

Median household income

$43,490$58,356

Median home value

$110,500$126,300

Median gross rent

$882$959

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)

	Carthage	Clayton
Under 5	10.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	17.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.8%
75 and over	4.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Clayton
No high school diploma	17.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Clayton
Drove alone	76.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Clayton
1-unit, detached	51.6%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Clayton
Poverty rate	18.6%	16.9%
Average household size	2.61	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1938	1945