Clayton vs Loon Lake

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

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

Loon Lake has the higher population (927 vs 220 in Clayton). Loon Lake has the higher median household income ($71,285 vs $49,886 in Clayton). Since 2019, Loon Lake's population has grown faster (+18.8% vs -59.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Loon Lake
Population	220	927
Median age	35.4 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,886	$71,285
Median home value	—	$313,200
Median gross rent	—	$939
Housing units	105	614
Homeownership rate	47.6%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Loon Lake
Population	547 → 220 (-59.8%)	780 → 927 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$28,438 → $49,886 (+75.4%)	$51,875 → $71,285 (+37.4%)
Median home value	—	$209,000 → $313,200 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $745 (+3.0%)	$438 → $939 (+114.4%)

Clayton

Population

547220

Median household income

$28,438$49,886

Median gross rent

$723$745

Loon Lake

Population

780927

Median household income

$51,875$71,285

Median home value

$209,000$313,200

Median gross rent

$438$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Loon Lake
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	2.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	46.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	25.2%
75 and over	12.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Loon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Loon Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	80.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Loon Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Loon Lake
1-unit, detached	47.6%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Loon Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1989	1990