Clearbrook vs Cranbury

A side-by-side comparison of Clearbrook and Cranbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearbrook has the higher population (2,477 vs 2,304 in Cranbury). Cranbury has the higher median household income ($230,703 vs $34,958 in Clearbrook). Cranbury has the higher median home value ($794,500 vs $245,300 in Clearbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
Population	2,477	2,304
Median age	72.7 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,958	$230,703
Median home value	$245,300	$794,500
Median gross rent	$1,944	$1,594
Housing units	1,942	856
Homeownership rate	89.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	75.8%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
Population	2,648 → 2,477 (-6.5%)	1,919 → 2,304 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $34,958 (-26.4%)	$164,722 → $230,703 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $245,300 (+36.3%)	$733,900 → $794,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,051 → $1,944 (-5.2%)	$1,572 → $1,594 (+1.4%)

Clearbrook

Population

2,6482,477

Median household income

$47,500$34,958

Median home value

$180,000$245,300

Median gross rent

$2,051$1,944

Cranbury

Population

1,9192,304

Median household income

$164,722$230,703

Median home value

$733,900$794,500

Median gross rent

$1,572$1,594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	23.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	31.4%	12.5%
75 and over	41.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
Drove alone	82.4%	50.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	37.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
1-unit, detached	24.0%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	73.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearbrook	Cranbury
Poverty rate	17.8%	4.5%
Average household size	1.40	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1977	1966