Clayton, Ohio

Clayton population, 2020 to 2024

Clayton lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +37. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 110th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Clayton is 96% of it.

Clayton covers 18.51 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 718 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Clayton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clayton is in

All of Clayton's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 537,443 residents in 2024. Clayton holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clayton

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clayton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45315, 45322, 45415. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clayton is

The Census internal point of Clayton is at 39.869500, -84.325400. Columbus, the capital, is 70.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trotwood, OH (23,073 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dayton, OH, 8.9 miles away.

Daylight in Clayton

At 39.87° N, Clayton gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Englewood, 0.9 miles away, with 13,282 people.