Clay County Has Dropped in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 2.2%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Clay County, TN

According to data from the 2010 Census, Clay County, Tennessee decreased in number of dwellings by 323, or 8%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Tennessee increased in total real estate dwellings by 372,690, or 13%.

Measured against the United States, Clay County has a very low level of vacancy in residential housing. 924, or 21.6%, currently are unoccupied in Clay County, Tennessee. Among these 924 vacant residential properties, 8.0% are on the real estate market for sale, while 16.1% are listed for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Clay County have decreased by 2.2%. By 2010, there were 2,617 (77.9%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 741 (22.1%) units were rented. Clay County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Tennessee, which reportedly saw 31.8% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Clay County has a low level of housing units that are minority-owned. 2.8% of properties are owned by minorities in Clay County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Tennessee 14.6% of owner-occupied units are owned by minorities.

Hispanic is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Clay County. 33.3% the Hispanic Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Clay County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 158 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Clay County, TN

In Clay County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 158 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 11 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the other wood product manufacturing industry has grown the most with 158 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in other wood product manufacturing makes up 71.2% percent of the growth in Clay County, Tennessee between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (+158)
2. Limitedservice eating places (+58)
3. Lessors of real estate (+3)
4. Administration of economic programs (+2)
5. Administration of environmental programs (+1)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 47 jobs. The declines in gasoline stations make up 40.2% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Clay County, Tennessee between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Gasoline stations (-47)
2. Offices of physicians (-34)
3. Fullservice restaurants (-27)
4. Building equipment contractors (-6)
5. Postal service (-2)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).