Clayton County vs Fulton County

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

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

Fulton County has the higher population (1,068,507 vs 298,771 in Clayton County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($91,490 vs $58,507 in Clayton County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($431,200 vs $194,500 in Clayton County).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton County	Fulton County
Population	298,771	1,068,507
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,507	$91,490
Median home value	$194,500	$431,200
Median gross rent	$1,307	$1,635
Housing units	114,818	500,404
Homeownership rate	53.2%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton County	Fulton County
Population	283,538 → 298,771 (+5.4%)	1,036,200 → 1,068,507 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$47,864 → $58,507 (+22.2%)	$69,673 → $91,490 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $194,500 (+79.3%)	$313,300 → $431,200 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,307 (+31.9%)	$1,205 → $1,635 (+35.7%)

Clayton County

Population

283,538298,771

Median household income

$47,864$58,507

Median home value

$108,500$194,500

Median gross rent

$991$1,307

Fulton County

Population

1,036,2001,068,507

Median household income

$69,673$91,490

Median home value

$313,300$431,200

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton County	Fulton County
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.6%
75 and over	3.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton County	Fulton County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	37.4%
Black or African American	68.7%	42.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton County	Fulton County
No high school diploma	15.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton County	Fulton County
Drove alone	71.3%	58.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.7%
Public transit	3.2%	4.4%
Walked	1.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	26.1%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton County	Fulton County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	14.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Clayton County	Fulton County
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1988	1992