Clay Center vs Rocky Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Center and Rocky Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Clay Center and Rocky Ridge 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 274 in Rocky Ridge). Rocky Ridge has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $64,750 in Clay Center). Clay Center has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $88,000 in Rocky Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
Population	367	274
Median age	32.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$71,250
Median home value	$121,200	$88,000
Median gross rent	$631	$790
Housing units	137	130
Homeownership rate	85.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
Population	294 → 367 (+24.8%)	385 → 274 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $64,750 (+20.5%)	$60,417 → $71,250 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $121,200 (+35.6%)	$86,900 → $88,000 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $631 (-32.9%)	$618 → $790 (+27.8%)

Clay Center

Population

294367

Median household income

$53,750$64,750

Median home value

$89,400$121,200

Median gross rent

$940$631

Rocky Ridge

Population

385274

Median household income

$60,417$71,250

Median home value

$86,900$88,000

Median gross rent

$618$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
Under 5	1.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	17.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	23.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	19.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	72.2%	61.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
Drove alone	83.8%	91.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Rocky Ridge
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.4%
Average household size	3.14	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1954