Clay TownshipMO
A town of 1,126.
Is Clay Township a good place to live?
Clay Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Clay Township, where Missouri’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On incomes, just 17 of Missouri’s 419 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Clay Township’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, where Missouri’s towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area, 3,154 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. On civic life, just 23 of Missouri’s 390 towns do worse. Clay Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Clay Township has shrunk 20% since 2010
1,453 counted in 2010 and 1,241 in 2020; an estimated 1,126 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Clay Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Clay Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clay Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clay Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clay Township.
Clay Township’s grade for health is a D−
41% of Clay Township adults get no exercise outside work. Clay Township beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 19% of Clay Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Clay Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.5% | 13.7% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 40.7% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Clay Township fall behind 70% of Missouri districts
Its public schools are run by the Senath-Hornersville C-8 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senath-Hornersville Middle SCHLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 211 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Earthquakes leads a very high hazard risk in Clay Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 84% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clay Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Clay Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Clay Township for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (14%), Blytheville (8%) and Hornersville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
| Clay Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clay Township stands out in Missouri and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is hotter
Clay Township’s July high is 90°F. Clay Township has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area | 3.4 mi | 3,154 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clay Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clay Township
About 0 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
1,126 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Clay Township
Extinct town in the U.S. state of Missouri
Clay Township is a township in Dunklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Clay Township most likely has the name of statesman Henry Clay.
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Questions about Clay Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clay Township, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.