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Clay County, IN

Demographic and economic profile of Clay County, IN, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Clay County, IN is a small rural county of 26,431 residents with a mature workforce (median age 41.4) where 90.8% hold a high school diploma but only 17.0% have a bachelor's degree or higher, reflecting a labor pool oriented toward trades and manual occupations. Median household income stands at $70,010 with median worker earnings of $41,334, and housing costs remain low — median home value of $128,900 and median gross rent of $837/month — against an 80.9% homeownership rate. Population has grown modestly at 0.6% over five years, unemployment sits at 3.9%, and a labor force participation rate of 58.9% suggests a relatively constrained available labor pool for employers.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

26,431

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$70,010

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

41.4 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+0.6% since 2018

Clay County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone24,987 (94.6%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races554 (2.1%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race356 (1.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone249 (0.9%)
  • Black or African American Alone139 (0.5%)
  • Asian Alone114 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish175
  2. 2.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)35
  3. 3.German or other West Germanic25
  4. 4.Other Indo-European6

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

23.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

18.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,398

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$32,069

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

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Per Capita Income

$36,588

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

10.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance3,336
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)2,434
  3. 3.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities1,105
  4. 4.Retail Trade (Group)1,102
  5. 5.Construction (Group)835

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations4,126
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations3,008
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,961
  4. 4.Service Occupations1,944
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,268

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 2.27×)2,676
  2. 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.36×)940
  3. 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.18×)222
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.17×)3,231
  5. 5.Construction (LQ 1.03×)841

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$128,900

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$837/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

80.9%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $150,000 to $174,9991,087 (12.7%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,084 (12.7%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999824 (9.7%)
  • $175,000 to $199,999720 (8.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999645 (7.6%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999524 (6.1%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

17.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

90.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

58.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$41,334

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

29.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

4.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone9,859 (81.2%)
  • Carpooled1,439 (11.8%)
  • Worked At Home580 (4.8%)
  • Walked162 (1.3%)
  • Other80 (0.7%)
  • Public Transit15 (0.1%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.