Clay City is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,176 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clay City is the 244th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Clay City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.74% of the Clay City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Clay City is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay City who work in sales jobs (11.45%), office and administrative support (5.73%), and community and social services (5.51%). Overall, Clay City’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Being a small city, Clay City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Clay City has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.59% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Clay City in 2022 was $18,016, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,064 for a family of four. However, Clay City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clay City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.Clay City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clay City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clay City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clay City include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Clay City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Armenian.
