Housing in Claytown at a glance
- Population
- about 19,516
- Housing units
- about 6,723
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $74,000Detroit: $83,900 (-12%)
- Median gross rent
- $990 a monthDetroit: $1,074 (-7%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58.7%Detroit: 50.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 94.5%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
Claytown is the most populous of the Detroit sectors in this group, with 19,516 residents, and it sits fairly close to the middle of the city's ranges. Owner estimates of $74,000 rank fifth and run below Detroit's $83,900, while rent is $990, seventh and also lower than the $1,074 across the city. Owners hold 58.7% of households, ahead of the 50.3% figure for Detroit. It lies to the south-east of the centre. Central Southwest owners are higher at $95,000, Springwells owners at $87,000, but Barton-McFarland owners fall to $64,000. Housing is old, with 94.5% of homes predating 1980 and a typical home from 1939 or earlier, so its stock matches Springwells on both of those counts, and it is a little more weighted toward the oldest buildings than Central Southwest is. Claytown also has more residents than either neighbour listed above, and its rent sits between the $940 of Springwells and the $1,160 of Barton-McFarland.
Questions about Claytown
What is the median home value in Claytown, Detroit?
$74,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $83,900 for Detroit as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Claytown?
$990 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,074 in Detroit (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Claytown own or rent?
Most own: 58.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 50.3% in Detroit (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 7 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Claytown is one of the 10 most populous of 205 neighborhoods of Detroit: estimated population about 19,516 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Detroit Open Data, Current City of Detroit Neighborhoods, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Detroit as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Claytown
The closest sectors of Detroit, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Detroit
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Claytown. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Claytown? Ask for your spot.