Clay Center vs Williston

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

Clay Center and Williston 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 260 in Williston). Clay Center has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $47,404 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $121,200 in Clay Center).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Williston
Population	367	260
Median age	32.3 yrs	64.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$47,404
Median home value	$121,200	$155,200
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	137	67
Homeownership rate	85.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Williston
Population	294 → 367 (+24.8%)	423 → 260 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $64,750 (+20.5%)	$63,403 → $47,404 (-25.2%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $121,200 (+35.6%)	$97,500 → $155,200 (+59.2%)
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

Williston

Population

423260

Median household income

$63,403$47,404

Median home value

$97,500$155,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Williston
Under 5	1.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	7.3%
18 to 24	17.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.5%
75 and over	7.4%	37.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Williston
No high school diploma	2.5%	13.1%
High school graduate	72.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Williston
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Williston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Williston
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1938	1954