Clay County vs Pleasants County

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

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

Clay County has the higher population (7,946 vs 7,572 in Pleasants County). Pleasants County has the higher median household income ($61,038 vs $42,790 in Clay County). Pleasants County has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $107,100 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Pleasants County
Population	7,946	7,572
Median age	45.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,790	$61,038
Median home value	$107,100	$129,300
Median gross rent	$589	$700
Housing units	3,945	3,218
Homeownership rate	79.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Pleasants County
Population	8,709 → 7,946 (-8.8%)	7,482 → 7,572 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$35,024 → $42,790 (+22.2%)	$56,838 → $61,038 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $107,100 (+33.5%)	$106,600 → $129,300 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $589 (+19.0%)	$572 → $700 (+22.4%)

Clay County

Population

8,7097,946

Median household income

$35,024$42,790

Median home value

$80,200$107,100

Median gross rent

$495$589

Pleasants County

Population

7,4827,572

Median household income

$56,838$61,038

Median home value

$106,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$572$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Pleasants County
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.0%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Pleasants County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Pleasants County
No high school diploma	15.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	52.7%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Pleasants County
Drove alone	75.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Pleasants County
1-unit, detached	65.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Pleasants County
Poverty rate	24.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1983	1975