Clayton is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 30,216 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Clayton is the 42nd largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Clayton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Clayton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Clayton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Clayton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,348.00.Clayton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clayton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clayton who work in management occupations (12.41%), office and administrative support (10.70%), and sales jobs (9.40%). Also of interest is that Clayton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.61% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Clayton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.19 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The town of Clayton is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.The education level of Clayton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.56% of adults in Clayton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Clayton in 2022 was $35,285, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,140 for a family of four. However, Clayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clayton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clayton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clayton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Clayton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clayton include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Clayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
