New York · Census place 3616089
Clayton, New York
Clayton is a village in Jefferson County, New York with an estimated 1,689 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 338th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,689
- #338 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -2.4%
- -42 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- + 0.97 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,056 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Clayton population, 2020 to 2024
Clayton lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Clayton covers 1.60 square miles of land and 0.97 of water, for 1,056 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Clayton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clayton is in
All of Clayton's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 113,140 residents in 2024. Clayton holds 1.5% 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 village's land: 13624. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Clayton is
The Census internal point of Clayton is at 44.237500, -76.082700. Albany, the capital, is 160.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watertown, NY (24,038 people), 20.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 82.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.237500, -76.082700
- DMS
- 44°14'15.00"N 76°04'57.72"W
- UTM
- 18N 413542.4E 4898821.9N
- Geohash
- drcgstnq0
- Plus code
- 87P56WQ8+2W
Daylight in Clayton
At 44.24° N, Clayton gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 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 New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Dexter, 15.8 miles away, with 1,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clayton, NY?
1,689 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (2.4%) from 1,731 in July 2020.
What county is Clayton in?
Jefferson 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: 13624.
How far is Clayton from Albany?
160.0 miles (257.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Clayton.
What is the nearest larger city to Clayton?
Watertown, NY, with 24,038 residents, 20.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.