Clayton is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,090 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clayton is the 261st largest community in Georgia. Clayton real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Clayton house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clayton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clayton is a city of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Clayton who work in office and administrative support (9.84%), maintenance occupations (7.72%), and management occupations (7.30%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.61% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Clayton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Clayton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Clayton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small city, Clayton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Clayton is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.52% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Clayton in 2022 was $35,335, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,340 for a family of four. However, Clayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clayton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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 14.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clayton include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Clayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
