Beckett vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Beckett and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clayton has the higher population (8,867 vs 5,072 in Beckett). Beckett has the higher median household income ($119,063 vs $89,375 in Clayton). Beckett has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $244,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Beckett	Clayton
Population	5,072	8,867
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,063	$89,375
Median home value	$279,300	$244,800
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,204
Housing units	1,811	3,690
Homeownership rate	96.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckett	Clayton
Population	4,947 → 5,072 (+2.5%)	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$129,429 → $119,063 (-8.0%)	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $279,300 (+19.9%)	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,839 (+27.0%)	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)

Beckett

Population

4,9475,072

Median household income

$129,429$119,063

Median home value

$232,900$279,300

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,839

Clayton

Population

8,6268,867

Median household income

$69,883$89,375

Median home value

$197,600$244,800

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckett	Clayton
Under 5	5.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.3%
75 and over	2.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckett	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	67.2%
Black or African American	9.5%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckett	Clayton
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckett	Clayton
Drove alone	84.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.7%
Public transit	1.2%	3.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckett	Clayton
1-unit, detached	82.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Beckett	Clayton
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1983	1974