Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Clifton, NJ

88,478 Population
11.3 square miles 7,847.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$43,169 ±$3,594 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$98,598 ±$10,609 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

8% ±2.3% (7,015  ±1,992) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

29.6 minutes ±1.8 (1,132,280  ±113,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 299,717,920 (±0.2 / ±1,953,204)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

31,968 ±1,811 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.7 ±0.2 (87,715  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

6.5% ±3.6% (1,226  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

33,283 ±1,921 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$445,100 ±$19,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

6.8% ±2.2% (5,964  ±1,960.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

87.7% ±5.7% (56,894  ±4,147.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
35.9% ±3.6% (23,283  ±2,429.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

35% ±4% (30,952  ±3,547) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% 5,938,058
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

3.7% ±1.3% (2,574  ±914) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
2,574 Total veterans ±914 2,574 Male ±914 N/A Female ±225

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.