Clay is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 10,221 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clay is the 65th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clay is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clay is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay who work in food service (9.49%), office and administrative support (9.47%), and sales jobs (7.63%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.41% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Clay is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Clay, the average commute to work is 33.20 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Clay is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Clay are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.31% of adults in Clay having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Clay in 2022 was $33,528, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,112 for a family of four. However, Clay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clay is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clay include English, Irish, African, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Clay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Vietnamese.
