What is the population of Clinton town?

Clinton town has 2,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #401 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Clinton town?

Median household income in Clinton town is $142,563 a year, 81.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clinton town?

Median gross rent is $1,707 a month and the median home value is $407,800, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.

Is Clinton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clinton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Clinton, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Clinton, New Jersey (Clinton, NJ — Census place “Clinton town”) is 2,784 residents, ranking #401 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $142,563, the median home is worth $407,800 and median gross rent runs $1,707 a month. Looking for the Clinton New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Clinton, NJ: 08809.

Population: 2,784Clinton town residents
Median household income: $142,563Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $407,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,707Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.6%Owner-occupied households

Clinton ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Clinton.

The Clinton NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

08809

What the numbers mean in Clinton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Clinton town median would spend about 14.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.3% of residents and 72.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Clinton town, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Clinton town is a small town in New Jersey, with 2,784 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #401 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Clinton town earn a median of $142,563 a year, 81.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 33% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Clinton town is valued at $407,800, 34.4% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,707 a month, 21.4% above the national figure, or roughly $20,484 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Clinton town?: Clinton town has 2,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #401 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Clinton town?: Median household income in Clinton town is $142,563 a year, 81.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Clinton town?: Median gross rent is $1,707 a month and the median home value is $407,800, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
Is Clinton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Clinton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Clinton town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.