Clay vs Intercourse

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

Clay and Intercourse are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clay has the higher population (1,576 vs 1,506 in Intercourse). Clay has the higher median household income ($82,094 vs $81,250 in Intercourse). Intercourse has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $265,300 in Clay).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Intercourse
Population	1,576	1,506
Median age	54.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,094	$81,250
Median home value	$265,300	$435,400
Median gross rent	$916	$1,104
Housing units	783	537
Homeownership rate	65.6%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Intercourse
Population	1,998 → 1,576 (-21.1%)	1,640 → 1,506 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$76,797 → $82,094 (+6.9%)	$56,173 → $81,250 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $265,300 (+17.8%)	$302,200 → $435,400 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $916 (-14.8%)	$956 → $1,104 (+15.5%)

Clay

Population

1,9981,576

Median household income

$76,797$82,094

Median home value

$225,300$265,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$916

Intercourse

Population

1,6401,506

Median household income

$56,173$81,250

Median home value

$302,200$435,400

Median gross rent

$956$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Intercourse
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	24.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	16.5%
75 and over	7.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Intercourse
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Intercourse
No high school diploma	18.4%	39.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Intercourse
Drove alone	78.7%	37.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	35.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Intercourse
1-unit, detached	49.9%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Intercourse
Poverty rate	7.4%	0.9%
Average household size	2.19	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	11
Median year structure built	1985	1986