Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5How is Clay run?
Clay’s town government spent $293,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $681 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Clay didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Clay is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $681 per resident a year, or $1.87 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 50%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Clay didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Clay yet
Every year of Clay’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Clay
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 33 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (430).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Clay County School District
Clay’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,673 per pupil, $8,652 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
West Virginia districts overall: 36% local, 46% state, 18% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Clay’s votes are counted by county
West Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Clay alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Clay County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.2%2,597 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.9%580 votesOthers: 1.9% (63 votes).
Most votes in Clay County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Clay lies in Clay County. Every 2024 race in Clay County is on the county’s page.
Clay County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Clay.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2West Virginia House of DelegatesState representatives
- 3West Virginia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of West Virginia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Clay’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Clay’s government
How much does Clay spend per resident?
About $681 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Clay didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $321,000.
Who runs Clay’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Clay yet.
How did Clay vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Clay alone. Clay County, where 100% of Clay lies, voted Trump 80.2%, Harris 17.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Clay?
13 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $19,564 (about $234,768 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Clay in the state legislature?
State Senate District 8 (Glenn Jeffries and Kevan Bartlett) and House of Delegates District 62 (Roger Hanshaw). The House of Delegates district also covers 1 neighboring town. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Clay, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →