Clayton vs Glassboro

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

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

Glassboro has the higher population (23,375 vs 8,867 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $80,388 in Glassboro). Glassboro has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $244,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Glassboro
Population	8,867	23,375
Median age	40.1 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$80,388
Median home value	$244,800	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,561
Housing units	3,690	8,558
Homeownership rate	74.4%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Glassboro
Population	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)	19,826 → 23,375 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)	$74,222 → $80,388 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)	$202,800 → $276,900 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)	$1,242 → $1,561 (+25.7%)

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

Glassboro

Population

19,82623,375

Median household income

$74,222$80,388

Median home value

$202,800$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Glassboro
Under 5	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	8.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	31.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Glassboro
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	61.9%
Black or African American	20.1%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Glassboro
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Glassboro
Drove alone	82.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.8%
Public transit	3.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.1%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Glassboro
1-unit, detached	78.2%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.5%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Glassboro
Poverty rate	7.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1974	1986