Clay County vs Coffey County

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

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

Coffey County has the higher population (8,304 vs 8,071 in Clay County). Coffey County has the higher median household income ($67,377 vs $63,136 in Clay County). Clay County has the higher median home value ($149,600 vs $139,500 in Coffey County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Coffey County
Population	8,071	8,304
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,136	$67,377
Median home value	$149,600	$139,500
Median gross rent	$911	$842
Housing units	3,940	3,985
Homeownership rate	73.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Coffey County
Population	8,082 → 8,071 (-0.1%)	8,254 → 8,304 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $63,136 (+17.1%)	$59,583 → $67,377 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $149,600 (+52.7%)	$119,100 → $139,500 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $911 (+50.1%)	$658 → $842 (+28.0%)

Clay County

Population

8,0828,071

Median household income

$53,929$63,136

Median home value

$98,000$149,600

Median gross rent

$607$911

Coffey County

Population

8,2548,304

Median household income

$59,583$67,377

Median home value

$119,100$139,500

Median gross rent

$658$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Coffey County
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.7%
75 and over	11.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Coffey County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Coffey County
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Coffey County
Drove alone	78.1%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Coffey County
1-unit, detached	85.2%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Coffey County
Poverty rate	12.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1961	1971