Clay Center vs Put-in-Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Center and Put-in-Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay Center and Put-in-Bay are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay Center has the higher population (367 vs 107 in Put-in-Bay). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $61,875 in Put-in-Bay). Put-in-Bay has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $121,200 in Clay Center).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
Population	367	107
Median age	32.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$61,875
Median home value	$121,200	$350,000
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	137	265
Homeownership rate	85.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
Population	294 → 367 (+24.8%)	71 → 107 (+50.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $64,750 (+20.5%)	$81,563 → $61,875 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $121,200 (+35.6%)	$435,700 → $350,000 (-19.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $631 (-32.9%)	—

Clay Center

Population

294367

Median household income

$53,750$64,750

Median home value

$89,400$121,200

Median gross rent

$940$631

Put-in-Bay

Population

71107

Median household income

$81,563$61,875

Median home value

$435,700$350,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
Under 5	1.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	1.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	36.4%
25 to 34	23.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	0.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	5.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	14.0%
75 and over	7.4%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	72.2%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
Drove alone	83.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Put-in-Bay
Poverty rate	18.0%	8.1%
Average household size	3.14	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1938	1987