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About Clay
Town in New York, United StatesClay is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 60,527, making it Syracuse's most populous suburb. The town was named after American attorney and statesman Henry Clay. Clay is north of Syracuse. It is the largest town in the county, contains part of the village of North Syracuse, and is a suburb of Syracuse. It contains the major retail strip of Syracuse's northern suburbs, along New York State Route 31 (NY-31), including the currently defunct Great Northern Mall. Micron Technology is constructing a US$125 billion complex consisting of four megafab memory chip manufacturing buildings in Clay, a project which will create tens of thousands…
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Housing in Clay
The median sale price was $320,000 in May 2026.
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Schools in Clay
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The public schools Clay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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