Clayton is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 29,445 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 $71,698.00.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.08% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In Clayton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.99 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Clayton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.36% of adults in Clayton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clayton in 2022 was $34,453, 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 $137,812 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 13.81% 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.