Clayton, MO

Census Place

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2024 Population
17,380
US Senator
Josh Hawley
Republican Party
US Senator
Eric Schmitt
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
30
4.53% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
7.97%
2.19% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$123,000
4.58% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$830,000
3.85% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
7,712
0.849% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Clayton, MO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

90.6% of the residents in Clayton, MO are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Clayton, MO are Fontbonne University (296 degrees awarded in 2023) and Concordia Seminary (100 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Clayton, MO was $830,000, and the homeownership rate was 54.9%.

Most people in Clayton, MO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Clayton, MO was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Clayton, MO is home to a population of 17.4k people, from which 90.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 13.9% of Clayton, MO residents were born outside of the country (2.42k people).

In 2024, there were 5.02 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.6k people) in Clayton, MO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.31k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 1.51k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.6%
2024 Citizenship
90.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.6% of Clayton, MO residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Clayton, MO was 90.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Clayton, MO
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    11.6k ± 616
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    2.31k ± 450
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    1.51k ± 250
3.71%
Hispanic Population
644 people

In 2024, there were 5.02 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.6k people) in Clayton, MO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.31k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 1.51k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.71% of the people in Clayton, MO are hispanic (644 people).

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    41,951 ± 5,011 people
  2. India
    23,410 ± 3,749 people
  3. China
    17,257 ± 3,221 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Missouri was Mexico, the natal country of 41,951 Missouri residents, followed by India with 23,410 and China with 17,257.

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Foreign-Born Population

13.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2.42k people
14.4%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.48k people

As of 2024, 13.9% of Clayton, MO residents (2.42k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Clayton, MO was 14.4%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    157 ± 92
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    91 ± 83
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    15 ± 27

Clayton, MO has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.73 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Clayton, MO employs 7.71k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Clayton, MO were Educational Services (1,587 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (1,283 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,133 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($250,001), Finance & Insurance ($168,220), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($125,655).

Employment

Occupations

7.71k
2024 Value
± 635
−0.849%
1 Year decline
± 11.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Clayton, MO declined at a rate of −0.849%, from 7.78k employees to 7.71k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Clayton, MO, are Management Occupations (1,180 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (1,056 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (973 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Clayton, MO.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

7.71k
2024 Value
± 635
−0.849%
1 Year decline
± 11.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Clayton, MO declined at a rate of −0.849%, from 7.78k employees to 7.71k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Clayton, MO, are Educational Services (1,587 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (1,283 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,133 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Clayton, MO, though some of these residents may live in Clayton, MO and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$112,258
Median earning men ± $17,905
$50,711
Median earning women ± $11,075

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($250,001), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($169,848), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($133,457).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($121,750), Public Administration ($100,363), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($98,315).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.17%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.94M people employed in Missouri. This represents a 2.17% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Missouri.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Missouri went to Donald J. Trump with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (40.1%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.797%).

Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are the senators currently representing the state of Missouri. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Missouri is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Clayton, MO. Showing the available data for Missouri.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (58.5%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (40.1%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Chase Oliver (0.797%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Missouri went to Donald J. Trump with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (40.1%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.797%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Missouri for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Missouri

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Josh Hawley
Senator from Missouri1
Assumed office on January 3, 2019
Eric Schmitt
Senator from Missouri3
Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are the senators currently representing Missouri.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Missouri over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Clayton, MO awarded 396 degrees. The student population of Clayton, MO in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 898 male students and 576 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Clayton, MO are White (272 and 71.8%), Unknown (46 and 12.1%), Black or African American (36 and 9.5%), and Two or More Races (12 and 3.17%).

The largest universities in Clayton, MO by number of degrees awarded are Fontbonne University (296 and 74.7%) and Concordia Seminary (100 and 25.3%).

The most popular majors in Clayton, MO are Theological Studies (67 and 16.9%), Speech-Language Pathology (60 and 15.2%), and General Business Administration & Management (34 and 8.59%).

The median tuition cost in Clayton, MO for private four year colleges is $28,276.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Clayton, MO, the percentage of applicants admitted was 95%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 15.8%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 1,474 (60.9% men and 39.1% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 1,474 students enrolled in Clayton, MO, 60.9% men and 39.1% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 936 records, of which 38.2% were women and 61.8% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Divinity & Ministry
    33 degrees awarded
  2. Theological Studies
    17 degrees awarded
  3. Speech-Language Pathology
    52 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Masters Degree recipients in Clayton, MO was Divinity & Ministry with 33 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Masters Degree from schools in Clayton, MO according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Fontbonne University
    296 degrees awarded
  2. Concordia Seminary
    100 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Fontbonne University with 296 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 189 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Clayton, MO, which is 0.913 times less than the 207 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 272 degrees mean that there were 5.91 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Unknown, with 46 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($28,276) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($700) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Clayton, MO was $830,000 in 2024, which is 2.49 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $799,200 to $830,000, a 3.85% increase. The homeownership rate in Clayton, MO is 54.9%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Clayton, MO have an average commute time of 16.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Clayton, MO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$830,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$64,829
$3,413
Median Property Taxes
±$381

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Clayton, MO the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Clayton, MO compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

54.9%
Homeownership
2024
57.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 54.9% of the housing units in Clayton, MO were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 54.7%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$123,000
Median Household Income
± $12,353
6.22k
Number of Households
± 574

In 2024, the median household income of the 6.22k households in Clayton, MO declined from $123,000 from the previous year's value of $128,898.

The following chart displays the households in Clayton, MO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Clayton, MO is from Missouri.
0.451
2023 Wage GINI in Missouri
0.455
2022 Wage GINI in Missouri

In 2023, the income inequality in Missouri was 0.451 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.848% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Missouri was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Missouri in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (57.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (23.4%)
  3. Walked (10.1%)

In 2024, 57.4% of workers in Clayton, MO drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (23.4%) and those who walked to work (10.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

16.6 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Clayton, MO have a shorter commute time (16.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.812% of the workforce in Clayton, MO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Clayton, MO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Clayton, MO have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.97% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Clayton, MO (1.03k out of 12.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Clayton, MO is White, followed by Asian and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.9% of the population of Clayton, MO has health coverage, with 65.7% on employee plans, 4.76% on Medicaid, 12.3% on Medicare, 14% on non-group plans, and 0.152% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Missouri see 1,421 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,421 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1596 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 382 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.6% under 18 years, 27.5% between 18 and 34 years, 30.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.07%
Uninsured
65.7%
Employer Coverage
4.76%
Medicaid
12.3%
Medicare
14%
Non-Group
0.152%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Clayton, MO grew by 58.8% from 1.93% to 3.07%.

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