Clayton vs Paulsboro

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

Clayton and Paulsboro 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 6,213 in Paulsboro). Clayton has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $68,750 in Paulsboro). Clayton has the higher median home value ($244,800 vs $169,400 in Paulsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Paulsboro
Population	8,867	6,213
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$68,750
Median home value	$244,800	$169,400
Median gross rent	$1,204	$970
Housing units	3,690	2,727
Homeownership rate	74.4%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Paulsboro
Population	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)	5,904 → 6,213 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)	$45,450 → $68,750 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)	$111,100 → $169,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)	$1,101 → $970 (-11.9%)

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

Paulsboro

Population

5,9046,213

Median household income

$45,450$68,750

Median home value

$111,100$169,400

Median gross rent

$1,101$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Paulsboro
Under 5	2.9%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.4%
75 and over	7.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Paulsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	38.9%
Black or African American	20.1%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Paulsboro
No high school diploma	7.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Paulsboro
Drove alone	82.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.7%
Public transit	3.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Paulsboro
1-unit, detached	78.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Paulsboro
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1974	1953