Clayton vs Vandalia

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

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

Vandalia has the higher population (15,100 vs 13,269 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($90,886 vs $76,290 in Vandalia). Clayton has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $186,500 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Vandalia
Population	13,269	15,100
Median age	45.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,886	$76,290
Median home value	$189,100	$186,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$863
Housing units	5,559	6,841
Homeownership rate	82.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Vandalia
Population	13,205 → 13,269 (+0.5%)	15,045 → 15,100 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$74,437 → $90,886 (+22.1%)	$58,277 → $76,290 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $189,100 (+40.1%)	$143,200 → $186,500 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,069 (+26.1%)	$721 → $863 (+19.7%)

Clayton

Population

13,20513,269

Median household income

$74,437$90,886

Median home value

$135,000$189,100

Median gross rent

$848$1,069

Vandalia

Population

15,04515,100

Median household income

$58,277$76,290

Median home value

$143,200$186,500

Median gross rent

$721$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Vandalia
Under 5	8.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.0%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	29.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Vandalia
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	24.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Vandalia
Drove alone	79.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	83.7%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Vandalia
Poverty rate	6.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1972	1972