What is the population of Clayton town?

Clayton town has 4,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #23 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Clayton town?

Median household income in Clayton town is $103,211 a year, 31.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,484 a month and the median home value is $343,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clayton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clayton, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clayton, Delaware (Clayton, DE — Census place “Clayton town”) is 4,086 residents, ranking #23 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $103,211, the median home is worth $343,700 and median gross rent runs $1,484 a month. Looking for the Clayton Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clayton, DE: 19938.

Population: 4,086Clayton town residents
Median household income: $103,211Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $343,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,484Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.1%Owner-occupied households

Clayton ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clayton.

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

19938

What the numbers mean in Clayton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clayton town median would spend about 17.3% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 86.1% 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 town, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clayton town is a small town in Delaware, with 4,086 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #23 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Clayton town earn a median of $103,211 a year, 31.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 38% above the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clayton town is valued at $343,700, 13.3% above the national figure and 23% above the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,484 a month, 5.5% above the national figure, or roughly $17,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.1% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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

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What is the population of Clayton town?: Clayton town has 4,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #23 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Clayton town?: Median household income in Clayton town is $103,211 a year, 31.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clayton town?: Median gross rent is $1,484 a month and the median home value is $343,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Clayton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clayton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clayton town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.