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Clayton, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clayton, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,150. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CLAYTON-AL · Clayton, AL 1 ZIPs · 5,150 pop · #23765/25278 · Barbour County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $41,131
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23765/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clio
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,150
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $76,700

Nearest income peer: Clio, AL (+ $36 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Clayton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clayton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Clayton, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,150
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,131
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($41,131 average) · poverty 26.2%. The primary code (36016) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Clayton as a pure owner town.

Within Alabama, Monroeville is the closest lower-income city and Clio the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Clayton.

Population concentration

Clayton reads through its lone ZIP, 36016

5,150 ACS residents, one ZIP: 36016 is not the leading code inside Clayton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Clayton

Citywide ZBP: 38 establishments, 713 employees , annual payroll $41,438k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36016 (38 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (8) · also Transportation and warehousing · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Clayton, AL

These ZIP codes sit in Barbour County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clayton. See the Barbour County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Barbour County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Clayton, Eufaula, Louisville and Clopton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Clopton marks the far end of that range at $97,688, 138% above Clayton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
36016 5,150 $41,131 38 8
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Clayton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Clayton, .