Clayton vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (9,992 vs 8,867 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $74,769 in Woodbury). Clayton has the higher median home value ($244,800 vs $207,900 in Woodbury).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Woodbury
Population	8,867	9,992
Median age	40.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$74,769
Median home value	$244,800	$207,900
Median gross rent	$1,204	$957
Housing units	3,690	4,591
Homeownership rate	74.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Woodbury
Population	8,626 → 8,867 (+2.8%)	9,861 → 9,992 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$69,883 → $89,375 (+27.9%)	$55,226 → $74,769 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $244,800 (+23.9%)	$166,400 → $207,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,204 (+16.6%)	$1,032 → $957 (-7.3%)

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

Woodbury

Population

9,8619,992

Median household income

$55,226$74,769

Median home value

$166,400$207,900

Median gross rent

$1,032$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Woodbury
Under 5	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	51.3%
Black or African American	20.1%	21.1%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Woodbury
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	40.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Woodbury
Drove alone	82.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.9%
Public transit	3.0%	5.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	78.2%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	7.1%
20 or more units	7.5%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Woodbury
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1974	1947