Clay vs Swartzville

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

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

Swartzville has the higher population (1,804 vs 1,576 in Clay). Swartzville has the higher median household income ($105,481 vs $82,094 in Clay). Swartzville has the higher median home value ($283,900 vs $265,300 in Clay).

Population, income & housing

	Clay	Swartzville
Population	1,576	1,804
Median age	54.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,094	$105,481
Median home value	$265,300	$283,900
Median gross rent	$916	—
Housing units	783	707
Homeownership rate	65.6%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay	Swartzville
Population	1,998 → 1,576 (-21.1%)	2,850 → 1,804 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$76,797 → $82,094 (+6.9%)	$97,245 → $105,481 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $265,300 (+17.8%)	$196,900 → $283,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $916 (-14.8%)	$1,092 → $1,122 (+2.7%)

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

Swartzville

Population

2,8501,804

Median household income

$97,245$105,481

Median home value

$196,900$283,900

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay	Swartzville
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	24.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	18.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay	Swartzville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay	Swartzville
No high school diploma	18.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay	Swartzville
Drove alone	78.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay	Swartzville
1-unit, detached	49.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Clay	Swartzville
Poverty rate	7.4%	1.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1985	1991