Clayton vs Pitman

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

Clayton and Pitman 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 8,834 in Pitman). Pitman has the higher median household income ($96,199 vs $89,375 in Clayton). Pitman has the higher median home value ($258,400 vs $244,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Pitman
Population	8,867	8,834
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$96,199
Median home value	$244,800	$258,400
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,474
Housing units	3,690	3,819
Homeownership rate	74.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Pitman
Population	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)	8,805 → 8,834 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)	$75,909 → $96,199 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)	$185,600 → $258,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)	$1,204 → $1,474 (+22.4%)

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

Pitman

Population

8,8058,834

Median household income

$75,909$96,199

Median home value

$185,600$258,400

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Pitman
Under 5	2.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.4%
75 and over	7.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Pitman
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	20.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Pitman
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Pitman
Drove alone	82.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.3%
Public transit	3.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Pitman
1-unit, detached	78.2%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Pitman
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1974	1946