Clayton, Ohio

Clayton, Ohio
—  City  —
Location of Clayton, Ohio
Location within Montgomery County, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°51′38.38″N 84°21′18.29″W / 39.8606611°N 84.3550806°W / 39.8606611; -84.3550806Coordinates: 39°51′38.38″N 84°21′18.29″W / 39.8606611°N 84.3550806°W / 39.8606611; -84.3550806
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Montgomery
Government
- Mayor	Joyce Deitering
Area
- Total	18.6 sq mi (48.1 km2)
- Land	18.4 sq mi (47.8 km2)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,001 ft (305 m)
Population (2010)
- Total	13,209
- Density	723.7/sq mi (279.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	45315
Area code(s)	937
FIPS code	39-15644[2]
GNIS feature ID	1056811[1]
Website	http://www.clayton.oh.us/

Clayton is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,209 at the 2010 census.^[3] It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1998, Clayton merged with the remainder of Montgomery County's Randolph Township.

Geography

Clayton is located at 39°51′38.38″N 84°21′18.29″W / 39.8606611°N 84.3550806°W / 39.8606611; -84.3550806 (39.86066, -84.35508).^[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.6 square miles (48 km²), of which, 18.4 square miles (48 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) of it (0.59%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 13,347 people, 4,975 households, and 3,850 families residing in the city. The population density was 723.7 people per square mile (279.5/km²). There were 5,193 housing units at an average density of 281.6 per square mile (108.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.14% White, 9.87% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.45% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population.

There were 4,975 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,625, and the median income for a family was $67,250. Males had a median income of $45,569 versus $29,261 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,569. About 3.3% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Clayton is served by Montgomery County's Northmont City School District, which operates the following schools:

• Northmont High School
• Northmont Middle School
• Englewood Elementary
• Englewood Hills Elementary
• Northmoor Elementary
• Northwood Elementary
• O. R. Edgington Elementary
• Union Elementary

Notable residents

• Jesse "Pop" Haines - member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Joseph G. Lapointe Jr - awarded Medal of Honor
• Johnnie Wilder, Jr. - former lead singer of the funk group Heatwave.
• Chris Hero - professional wrestler, ROH tag team champion Ring of Honor
• Debbie Lieberman - Montgomery county commissioner

In fiction

Part of Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead" is set at Clayton. In the early 1930s the novel's male protagonist, the controversial architect Howard Roark, gets a contract to build in Clayton the (fictional) Janer's Department Store, a five-storey building. Later on Roark's beloved, Dominique Francon, comes seeking him there, and feels that in a sense Clayton "belongs to her more than to any of its inhabitants" because her beloved is there.

The book presents Clayton as the archetype of "Middle America", the polar opposite of the cosmopolitan New York City where most of the plot takes place.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "American FactFinder2". http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 
4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.