Clay County vs Glascock County

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

Clay County and Glascock County are counties in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glascock County has the higher population (2,913 vs 2,853 in Clay County). Glascock County has the higher median household income ($55,250 vs $48,715 in Clay County). Glascock County has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $92,500 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Glascock County
Population	2,853	2,913
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,715	$55,250
Median home value	$92,500	$122,800
Median gross rent	$578	$813
Housing units	1,936	1,412
Homeownership rate	76.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Glascock County
Population	2,951 → 2,853 (-3.3%)	2,996 → 2,913 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$22,325 → $48,715 (+118.2%)	$45,000 → $55,250 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $92,500 (+29.6%)	$81,700 → $122,800 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $578 (+70.0%)	$625 → $813 (+30.1%)

Clay County

Population

2,9512,853

Median household income

$22,325$48,715

Median home value

$71,400$92,500

Median gross rent

$340$578

Glascock County

Population

2,9962,913

Median household income

$45,000$55,250

Median home value

$81,700$122,800

Median gross rent

$625$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Glascock County
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	10.6%
75 and over	15.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Glascock County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	86.9%
Black or African American	59.5%	11.8%
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	0.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Glascock County
No high school diploma	14.6%	16.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Glascock County
Drove alone	77.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	16.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.4%
Other means	2.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Glascock County
1-unit, detached	56.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Glascock County
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	1986	1988