Clayton vs Kettle Falls

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

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

Kettle Falls has the higher population (1,703 vs 220 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($49,886 vs $49,750 in Kettle Falls). Since 2019, Kettle Falls's population has grown faster (-3.7% vs -59.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
Population	220	1,703
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,886	$49,750
Median home value	—	$215,100
Median gross rent	—	$807
Housing units	105	862
Homeownership rate	47.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
Population	547 → 220 (-59.8%)	1,769 → 1,703 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$28,438 → $49,886 (+75.4%)	$45,337 → $49,750 (+9.7%)
Median home value	—	$162,700 → $215,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $745 (+3.0%)	$632 → $807 (+27.7%)

Clayton

Population

547220

Median household income

$28,438$49,886

Median gross rent

$723$745

Kettle Falls

Population

1,7691,703

Median household income

$45,337$49,750

Median home value

$162,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$632$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	2.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	46.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	21.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	13.8%
75 and over	12.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	80.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
Drove alone	100.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
1-unit, detached	47.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Kettle Falls
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1989	1979