Clayton is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 30,216 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Clayton is the 42nd largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Clayton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Clayton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Clayton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Clayton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,348.00.

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: 14.61% 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.

One downside of living in Clayton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.19 minutes every day commuting to work.

Clayton is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

The population of Clayton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.56% of adults in Clayton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clayton in 2022 was $35,285, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,140 for a family of four. However, Clayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clayton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 13.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clayton include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Clayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.