Clayton, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

272

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

53.3

30.6% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

33.1%

63.3% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$30,962

34.2% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$73,800

Economy

The economy of Clayton, LA employs 138 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Clayton, LA were Retail Trade (42 people), Manufacturing (37 people), and Construction (12 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($76,250), Manufacturing ($65,848), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($21,094).

Employment

Occupations

138

2024 Value

± 110

−30.7%

1 Year decline

± 146%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Clayton, LA declined at a rate of −30.7%, from 199 employees to 138 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Clayton, LA, are Sales & Related Occupations (33 people), Production Occupations (28 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (13 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Clayton, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

138

2024 Value

± 110

−30.7%

1 Year decline

± 146%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Clayton, LA declined at a rate of −30.7%, from 199 employees to 138 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Clayton, LA, are Retail Trade (42 people), Manufacturing (37 people), and Construction (12 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Clayton, LA, though some of these residents may live in Clayton, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$38,250

Median earning men ± $40,213

$19,779

Median earning women ± $12,888

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($65,938) and Retail Trade ($15,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($18,676).

Housing & Living

People in Clayton, LA have an average commute time of 26.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Clayton, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$73,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$13,422

$64

Median Property Taxes

±$67

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, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$30,962

Median Household Income

± $28,407

148

Number of Households

± 80

In 2024, the median household income of the 148 households in Clayton, LA declined from $30,962 from the previous year's value of $47,031.

The following chart displays the households in Clayton, LA 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 $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Clayton, LA is from Louisiana.

0.464

2024 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.465

2023 Wage GINI in Louisiana

In 2024, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Louisiana in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Louisiana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (84.1%)
Carpooled (10.1%)
Walked (5.8%)

In 2024, 84.1% of workers in Clayton, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.1%) and those who walked to work (5.8%).

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.

Commute Time

26.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Clayton, LA have a longer commute time (26.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.8% of the workforce in Clayton, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Clayton, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

33.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Clayton, LA (90 out of 272 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 18 - 24, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Clayton, LA is Black, followed by White and Native American.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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