What is the population of Clayton city?

Clayton city has 10,962 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #475 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Clayton city?

Median household income in Clayton city is $172,226 a year, 119.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clayton city?

Median gross rent is $3,501 a month and the median home value is $1,017,300, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.

Is Clayton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clayton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clayton, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clayton, California (Clayton, CA — Census place “Clayton city”) is 10,962 residents, ranking #475 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $172,226, the median home is worth $1,017,300 and median gross rent runs $3,501 a month. Looking for the Clayton California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clayton, CA: 94517.

Population: 10,962Clayton city residents
Median household income: $172,226Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $1,017,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $3,501Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 90.3%Owner-occupied households

Clayton ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clayton.

The Clayton CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

94517

What the numbers mean in Clayton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clayton city median would spend about 24.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.2% of residents and 90.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Clayton city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clayton city is a mid-size town in California, with 10,962 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #475 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 44.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Clayton city earn a median of $172,226 a year, 119.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 89% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clayton city is valued at $1,017,300, 235.3% above the national figure and 73% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,501 a month, 149% above the national figure, or roughly $42,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 90.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Clayton city?: Clayton city has 10,962 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #475 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Clayton city?: Median household income in Clayton city is $172,226 a year, 119.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clayton city?: Median gross rent is $3,501 a month and the median home value is $1,017,300, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.
Is Clayton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clayton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clayton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.