People QuickFacts Clayton Missouri Population, 2011 estimate 15,936 6,008,984 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,939 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 Z 0.3% Population, 2010 15,939 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 3.0% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 15.8% 23.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.8% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.1% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 78.0% 82.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.2% 11.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 10.8% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.1% 3.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 75.7% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 69.9% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.1% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.7% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 96.7% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 74.6% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 969 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.9 23.3  Housing units, 2010 6,321 2,712,729 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.5% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 58.7% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $618,600 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 5,682 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.17 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $57,703 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $92,821 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Clayton Missouri Total number of firms, 2007 3,462 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.3% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,023,904 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 288,661 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,975 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 137,211 11,070,634     Geography QuickFacts Clayton Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 2.48 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 6,434.8 87.1 FIPS Code 14572 29 Counties St. Louis County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts