Clayton vs Sackets Harbor

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

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

Clayton has the higher population (1,669 vs 1,348 in Sackets Harbor). Sackets Harbor has the higher median household income ($80,263 vs $57,125 in Clayton). Sackets Harbor has the higher median home value ($224,600 vs $192,900 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
Population	1,669	1,348
Median age	44.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,125	$80,263
Median home value	$192,900	$224,600
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,360
Housing units	1,252	948
Homeownership rate	47.1%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
Population	2,029 → 1,669 (-17.7%)	1,674 → 1,348 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $57,125 (+8.4%)	$68,149 → $80,263 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $192,900 (+24.3%)	$259,700 → $224,600 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,057 (+19.0%)	$1,293 → $1,360 (+5.2%)

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

Sackets Harbor

Population

1,6741,348

Median household income

$68,149$80,263

Median home value

$259,700$224,600

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
Under 5	6.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	21.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.9%
75 and over	10.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
Drove alone	84.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
1-unit, detached	62.7%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	17.7%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Sackets Harbor
Poverty rate	16.9%	12.8%
Average household size	1.96	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1945	1958