Delaware · Census place 1015440

Clayton, Delaware

Clayton is a town in Kent County, Delaware with an estimated 4,511 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,511
#12 of 33 in Delaware
Change since 2020
+13.1%
+522 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
2,313 / sq mi
State median 1,762
Orange pin: Clayton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Dover.

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Clayton population, 2020 to 2024

Clayton added 522 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.1%. In the latest year it moved by +117.

3,98920203,99720214,20720224,39420234,5112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,959. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clayton covers 1.95 square miles of land, for 2,313 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Clayton is denser than the typical town.

What county Clayton is in

All of Clayton's residents live in Kent County, which had 192,690 residents in 2024. Clayton holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clayton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clayton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19938. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clayton is

The Census internal point of Clayton is at 39.274100, -75.631500. Dover, the capital, is 10.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Smyrna, DE (13,326 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 52.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.274100, -75.631500
DMS
39°16'26.76"N 75°37'53.40"W
UTM
18N 445528.7E 4347384.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F679F9+J9

Daylight in Clayton

At 39.27° N, Clayton gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clayton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Smyrna, 1.9 miles away, with 13,326 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clayton, DE?

4,511 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 522 (13.1%) from 3,989 in July 2020.

What county is Clayton in?

Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clayton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19938.

How far is Clayton from Dover?

10.1 miles (16.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Clayton.

What is the nearest larger city to Clayton?

Smyrna, DE, with 13,326 residents, 1.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.