Clayville vs Foster Center

A side-by-side comparison of Clayville and Foster Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayville and Foster Center are places in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foster Center has the higher population (328 vs 184 in Clayville). Clayville has the higher median household income ($128,264 vs $56,027 in Foster Center). Foster Center has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $235,600 in Clayville).

Population, income & housing

	Clayville	Foster Center
Population	184	328
Median age	60.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$128,264	$56,027
Median home value	$235,600	$450,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,245
Housing units	90	145
Homeownership rate	100.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayville	Foster Center
Population	284 → 184 (-35.2%)	289 → 328 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$174,279 → $128,264 (-26.4%)	$52,742 → $56,027 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$243,300 → $235,600 (-3.2%)	$251,300 → $450,000 (+79.1%)

Clayville

Population

284184

Median household income

$174,279$128,264

Median home value

$243,300$235,600

Foster Center

Population

289328

Median household income

$52,742$56,027

Median home value

$251,300$450,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayville	Foster Center
Under 5	6.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	4.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	22.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	35.9%	20.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayville	Foster Center
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	100.0%
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	34.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayville	Foster Center
No high school diploma	14.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	18.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayville	Foster Center
Drove alone	68.4%	91.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.6%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayville	Foster Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	54.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayville	Foster Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	50
Median year structure built	1938	1972