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Population (year 2000): 1,273. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,400 (+10.0% change)
Males: 600 (47.1%), Females: 673 (52.9%)
Kent County
Zip code:
19938
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $43,462 (year 2000)
Median house value: $96,000 (year 2000)
Races in Clayton:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.5%)
- Black (8.1%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (16.6%), English (16.0%),
Irish (15.2%), United States (11.9%), Italian (6.8%), Polish
(3.9%).
Elevation: 43 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Clayton
- High school or higher: 72.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Clayton town
- Never married: 18.5%
- Now married: 54.4%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 14.2%
2.3% Foreign born (0.9% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia, 0.6% North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +198 (+18.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Clayton:
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles; DOVER, DE)
- ROCKFORD CENTER (about 19 miles; NEWARK, DE)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY (about 23 miles;
SALEM, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Clayton:
- DOVER AFB (about 18 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 26 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 49 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clayton:
- SMYRNA (about 4 miles; SMYRNA, DE; ID: 38N)
- DELAWARE AIRPARK (about 7 miles; DOVER/CHESWOLD, DE;
ID: 33N)
- MASSEY AERODROME (about 11 miles; MASSEY, MD; ID:
MD1)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Clayton:
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; Dover,
DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 19 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 24 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 43 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 46
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT
enrollment: 7,587)
Public primary/middle schools in Clayton:
- PROVIDENCE CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
(Students: 650; Location: 355 WEST DUCK CREEK ROAD;
Grades: KG - 07)
- CLAYTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 460;
Location: 510 WEST MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
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