What is the population of Clayton town?

Clayton town has 2,680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #69 of 527 in New Mexico.

What is the median household income in Clayton town?

Median household income in Clayton town is $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $637 a month and the median home value is $111,500, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.8× 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 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clayton, NM population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clayton, New Mexico (Clayton, NM — Census place “Clayton town”) is 2,680 residents, ranking #69 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $40,192, the median home is worth $111,500 and median gross rent runs $637 a month. Looking for the Clayton New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clayton, NM: 88415.

Population: 2,680Clayton town residents
Median household income: $40,192Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $111,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $637Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.2%Owner-occupied households

Clayton ZIP codes (New Mexico)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clayton.

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

88415

What the numbers mean in Clayton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clayton town median would spend about 19% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.5% of residents and 71.2% 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, NM in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clayton town is a small town in New Mexico, with 2,680 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #69 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 39.1 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 $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico 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 26.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clayton town is valued at $111,500, 63.2% below the national figure and 41% below the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $637 a month, 54.7% below the national figure, or roughly $7,644 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Clayton town?: Clayton town has 2,680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #69 of 527 in New Mexico.
What is the median household income in Clayton town?: Median household income in Clayton town is $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clayton town?: Median gross rent is $637 a month and the median home value is $111,500, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.
Is Clayton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× 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 19% 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.