Housing density: 487 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $60,373.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,022 (lower quartile is $834, upper quartile is $1,214)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $967
Median gross rent in Clay, NY in 2022: $1,101
Housing units in Clay with a mortgage: 12,079 (924 second mortgage, 1,863 home equity loan, 70 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,101
In family households: 358,168 (74,643 male householders, 40,640 female householders)
81,289 spouses, 131,650 children (123,979 natural, 3,067 adopted, 4,604 stepchildren), 7,646 grandchildren, 3,233 brothers or sisters, 3,161 parents, foster children, 3,596 other relatives, 10,424 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 91,789 (33,178 male householders (25,133 living alone)), 39,225 female householders (32,473 living alone)), 19,386 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 17,069 (4,484 institutionalized population)
75,395 married couples with children.
33,683 single-parent households (6,194 men, 27,489 women).
92.7% of residents of Clay speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 3,640 (6.1%)
(67.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Clay, New York
5291995 to March 2000
3651990 to 1994
3641985 to 1989
3361980 to 1984
2561975 to 1979
2821970 to 1974
1671965 to 1969
681Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 13,418 (18.0%)
Italian: 13,040 (17.5%)
German: 12,722 (17.0%)
English: 7,941 (10.6%)
Other: 7,051 (9.4%)
Polish: 4,721 (6.3%)
French: 4,185 (5.6%)
United States: 1,782 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 1,468 (2.0%)
Dutch: 1,364 (1.8%)
Scottish: 1,339 (1.8%)
Ukrainian: 766 (1.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 711 (1.0%)
Welsh: 594 (0.8%)
Arab: 593 (0.8%)
Russian: 497 (0.7%)
Swedish: 463 (0.6%)
Greek: 350 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 290 (0.4%)
Slovak: 266 (0.4%)
Czech: 259 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 163 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 155 (0.2%)
Swiss: 141 (0.2%)
Danish: 117 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 117 (0.2%)
West Indian: 95 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 77 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Italy
Clay:
12.0% (357)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
Canada
Clay:
11.0% (327)
New York:
1.4% (54,876)
India
Clay:
7.9% (236)
New York:
3.0% (117,238)
United Kingdom
Clay:
6.0% (180)
New York:
1.6% (62,237)
Vietnam
Clay:
5.8% (172)
New York:
0.6% (25,141)
Korea
Clay:
4.3% (129)
New York:
2.5% (97,933)
Ukraine
Clay:
4.0% (120)
New York:
2.1% (82,238)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Clay:
4.0% (119)
New York:
6.0% (233,766)
Poland
Clay:
3.9% (117)
New York:
2.4% (93,187)
Philippines
Clay:
3.8% (114)
New York:
1.9% (72,408)
Other Eastern Europe
Clay:
3.7% (109)
New York:
1.4% (53,825)
Haiti
Clay:
3.5% (105)
New York:
3.2% (125,475)
Germany
Clay:
3.5% (104)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
Other Northern Africa
Clay:
2.2% (66)
New York:
0.3% (11,568)
Greece
Clay:
1.7% (50)
New York:
1.1% (42,335)
Pakistan
Clay:
1.6% (47)
New York:
1.3% (51,055)
France
Clay:
1.6% (47)
New York:
0.5% (20,310)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 47,699
Other state: 7,775
Northeast: 3,321
Midwest: 1,870
South: 1,889
West: 695
62% of Clay residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 120
Nursery to 4th grade: 24
5th and 6th grade: 25
7th and 8th grade: 212
9th grade: 167
10th grade: 343
11th grade: 318
12th grade, no diploma: 431
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,729
Less than 1 year of college: 1,525
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,449
Associate degree: 1,926
Bachelor's degree: 3,939
Master's degree: 1,274
Professional school degree: 404
Doctorate degree: 87
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 134
Nursery to 4th grade: 39
5th and 6th grade: 30
7th and 8th grade: 290
9th grade: 256
10th grade: 356
11th grade: 318
12th grade, no diploma: 556
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,403
Less than 1 year of college: 1,757
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,380
Associate degree: 2,918
Bachelor's degree: 2,947
Master's degree: 1,537
Professional school degree: 281
Doctorate degree: 64
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 15,861
One, attached: 1,252
Two: 292
3 or 4: 347
5 to 9: 1,572
10 to 19: 1,693
20 to 49: 779
50 or more: 748
Mobile homes: 844
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,827
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%