The median home value in Clayton, NC is $367,056 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.32% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$367,056
Year-over-Year
-1.32%
Population
31,494
Clayton ranks #37 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.3% above the state's city median of $310,273. It sits in Johnston County, where the county-wide median is $345,344.
Clayton police recorded a violent crime rate of 168 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,283 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Clayton is $367,056. That's down 1.32% from a year earlier. That is about 18.3% above the typical county in North Carolina.
Homes in Clayton are more expensive than Johnston County as a whole, where the median is $345,344 — a difference of about 6.3%.
Clayton police reported 168 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 31,494. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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