Clayton vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (14,855 vs 8,867 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $87,021 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $244,800 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Williamstown
Population	8,867	14,855
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$87,021
Median home value	$244,800	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,262
Housing units	3,690	6,082
Homeownership rate	74.4%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Williamstown
Population	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)	14,641 → 14,855 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)	$83,232 → $87,021 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)	$205,900 → $255,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)	$1,003 → $1,262 (+25.8%)

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

Williamstown

Population

14,64114,855

Median household income

$83,232$87,021

Median home value

$205,900$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Williamstown
Under 5	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.7%
75 and over	7.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	76.8%
Black or African American	20.1%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Williamstown
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Williamstown
Drove alone	82.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.7%
Public transit	3.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	78.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Williamstown
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1974	1981