Clementon vs Somerdale

A side-by-side comparison of Clementon and Somerdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Clementon and Somerdale are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Somerdale has the higher population (5,535 vs 5,351 in Clementon). Somerdale has the higher median household income ($79,101 vs $69,536 in Clementon). Somerdale has the higher median home value ($221,600 vs $197,200 in Clementon).

Population, income & housing

	Clementon	Somerdale
Population	5,351	5,535
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,536	$79,101
Median home value	$197,200	$221,600
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,141
Housing units	2,416	2,273
Homeownership rate	52.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clementon	Somerdale
Population	4,918 → 5,351 (+8.8%)	5,448 → 5,535 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $69,536 (+30.5%)	$72,778 → $79,101 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $197,200 (+46.3%)	$170,500 → $221,600 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,233 (+28.0%)	$892 → $1,141 (+27.9%)

Clementon

Population

4,9185,351

Median household income

$53,281$69,536

Median home value

$134,800$197,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,233

Somerdale

Population

5,4485,535

Median household income

$72,778$79,101

Median home value

$170,500$221,600

Median gross rent

$892$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clementon	Somerdale
Under 5	4.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clementon	Somerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	54.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clementon	Somerdale
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clementon	Somerdale
Drove alone	78.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.5%
Public transit	3.6%	3.5%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clementon	Somerdale
1-unit, detached	55.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	21.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clementon	Somerdale
Poverty rate	12.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1971	1965