Clay vs Paradise

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

Clay and Paradise 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 1,298 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($94,934 vs $82,094 in Clay). Clay has the higher median home value ($265,300 vs $242,400 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Paradise
Population	1,576	1,298
Median age	54.1 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,094	$94,934
Median home value	$265,300	$242,400
Median gross rent	$916	$1,129
Housing units	783	399
Homeownership rate	65.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Paradise
Population	1,998 → 1,576 (-21.1%)	1,147 → 1,298 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$76,797 → $82,094 (+6.9%)	$80,216 → $94,934 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $265,300 (+17.8%)	$202,600 → $242,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $916 (-14.8%)	$725 → $1,129 (+55.7%)

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

Paradise

Population

1,1471,298

Median household income

$80,216$94,934

Median home value

$202,600$242,400

Median gross rent

$725$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Paradise
Under 5	6.7%	11.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	31.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	24.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.3%
75 and over	7.7%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Paradise
No high school diploma	18.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	28.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Paradise
Drove alone	78.7%	62.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Paradise
1-unit, detached	49.9%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Paradise
Poverty rate	7.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.19	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1985	1950