Chewelah vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Chewelah and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

Chewelah and Clayton are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chewelah has the higher population (2,552 vs 220 in Clayton). Chewelah has the higher median household income ($55,516 vs $49,886 in Clayton). Since 2019, Chewelah's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -59.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Chewelah	Clayton
Population	2,552	220
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,516	$49,886
Median home value	$226,900	—
Median gross rent	$907	—
Housing units	1,293	105
Homeownership rate	67.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewelah	Clayton
Population	2,623 → 2,552 (-2.7%)	547 → 220 (-59.8%)
Median household income	$39,618 → $55,516 (+40.1%)	$28,438 → $49,886 (+75.4%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $226,900 (+36.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$541 → $907 (+67.7%)	$723 → $745 (+3.0%)

Chewelah

Population

2,6232,552

Median household income

$39,618$55,516

Median home value

$166,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$541$907

Clayton

Population

547220

Median household income

$28,438$49,886

Median gross rent

$723$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewelah	Clayton
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	2.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	46.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	21.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	16.8%
75 and over	10.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewelah	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewelah	Clayton
No high school diploma	10.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	80.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewelah	Clayton
Drove alone	72.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewelah	Clayton
1-unit, detached	70.6%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	Chewelah	Clayton
Poverty rate	18.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1975	1989