Clay County vs Jennings County

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

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

Jennings County has the higher population (27,584 vs 26,431 in Clay County). Jennings County has the higher median household income ($68,476 vs $67,676 in Clay County). Jennings County has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $128,900 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Jennings County
Population	26,431	27,584
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,676	$68,476
Median home value	$128,900	$154,600
Median gross rent	$837	$906
Housing units	11,648	11,691
Homeownership rate	77.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Jennings County
Population	26,234 → 26,431 (+0.8%)	27,710 → 27,584 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$55,637 → $67,676 (+21.6%)	$54,191 → $68,476 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $128,900 (+27.1%)	$109,800 → $154,600 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $837 (+24.9%)	$714 → $906 (+26.9%)

Clay County

Population

26,23426,431

Median household income

$55,637$67,676

Median home value

$101,400$128,900

Median gross rent

$670$837

Jennings County

Population

27,71027,584

Median household income

$54,191$68,476

Median home value

$109,800$154,600

Median gross rent

$714$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Jennings County
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.0%
75 and over	7.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Jennings County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Jennings County
No high school diploma	9.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	42.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Jennings County
Drove alone	81.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Jennings County
1-unit, detached	81.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Jennings County
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1972	1982